Paradise hill is a 30-acre plot of grassland and black walnut woodland, amongst the neighborhoods of Rose Hills, Happy Valley, El Sereno, and Lincoln Heights. The land, which remains unpaved or developed to this day, changes colors with each season - bringing rich green grass in the winter, fields of pastel Lupine and Mustard flowers in the spring, and golden waves of unforgiving foxtails in the summer. 

The hill is an active wildlife corridor, home to over 60 species; 43 bird species, 14 mammal species, and three reptile species (not to snub insects here, but as residents can attest, there are far too many to count). This includes federally protected and threatened Bobcats, Peregrine Falcons, American Kestrels, and Great-horned Owls. For those who walk their dogs or run the trails of Paradise hill, a run-in with the local family of coyotes is all but guaranteed on your evening walk. Paradise Hill is also home to one of the last remaining Black Walnut groves in Los Angeles, an endangered tree that provides critical shade, food, and habitat. In the history of this land, black walnuts were used as hair dye by the local residents of the village of Otsungna, and the wild roses growing here gave the village its name that persisted in the Spanish name Rancho Rosa Castilla, and today in the neighborhood called Rose Hills.