Photos: Getting close to the Hollywood sign

Traffic signs direct tourists to drive along Mount Hollywood Drive to a hilltop where they can take photos with the Hollywood sign in the background at Griffith Park Sunday, March 29, 2015. Los Angeles City Parks and Recreation recently opened up Mount Hollywood Drive to let people get up close to take pictures of the Hollywood sign. This came in response to people in nearby Beachwood Canyon who complained of too much tourist traffic coming through their neighborhood. But now the same thing is happening in Griffith Park.

Tourists take a short hike to take photos with the Hollywood sign in the background at Griffith Park Sunday, March 29, 2015. Los Angeles City Parks and Recreation recently opened up Mount Hollywood Drive to let people get up close to take pictures of the Hollywood sign. This came in response to people in nearby Beachwood Canyon who complained of too much tourist traffic coming through their neighborhood. But now the same thing is happening in Griffith Park.

Tourists take photos with the Hollywood sign in the background at Griffith Park Sunday, March 29, 2015. Los Angeles City Parks and Recreation recently opened up Mount Hollywood Drive to let people get up close to take pictures of the Hollywood sign. This came in response to people in nearby Beachwood Canyon who complained of too much tourist traffic coming through their neighborhood. But now the same thing is happening in Griffith Park.

Robin Seimar, of Arvika Sweeden, photographs Veronica Ericsson, not pictured, with the Hollywood sign in the background in one direction, and the downtown Los Angeles skyline in the other at Griffith Park on Sunday.

Robin Seimar, right, of Arvika Sweeden, photographs Veronica Ericsson, left, with the Hollywood sign in the background in one direction, and the downtown Los Angeles skyline in the other at Griffith Park Sunday, March 29, 2015. Los Angeles City Parks and Recreation recently opened up Mount Hollywood Drive to let people get up close to take pictures of the Hollywood sign. This came in response to people in nearby Beachwood Canyon who complained of too much tourist traffic coming through their neighborhood. But now the same thing is happening in Griffith Park. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA.-MARCH 29, 2015: Tourists line up on a hilltop to take photos with the Hollywood sign in the background at Griffith Park Sunday, March 29, 2015. Los Angeles City Parks and Recreation recently opened up Mount Hollywood Drive to let people get up close to take pictures of the Hollywood sign. This came in response to people in nearby Beachwood Canyon who complained of too much tourist traffic coming through their neighborhood. But now the same thing is happening in Griffith Park. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

A Tiger Butterfly circles around a hilltop popular for tourists to view and take photos with downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background in one direction and the Hollywood sign in the background in the other at Griffith Park Sunday, March 29, 2015. Los Angeles City Parks and Recreation recently opened up Mount Hollywood Drive to let people get up close to take pictures of the Hollywood sign. This came in response to people in nearby Beachwood Canyon who complained of too much tourist traffic coming through their neighborhood. But now the same thing is happening in Griffith Park.