What you need to know before going to Holly Terrace to pay tribute to MJ: why the grave is off-limits to the public, what you can do at Forest Lawn, and how to combine the visit with a Hollywood pilgrimage.
What you need to know before going to Holly Terrace to pay tribute to MJ: why the grave is off-limits to the public, what you can do at Forest Lawn, and how to combine the visit with a Hollywood pilgrimage.
Forest Lawn Glendale is at 1712 S Glendale Ave, Glendale CA 91205 — free entry, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Holly Terrace and the Great Mausoleum have been CLOSED to the general public since 1933; only family and special-pass holders may enter.
MJ was interred on 9/3/2009 in a private crypt in Holly Terrace, with no plaque visible from the outside.
Distance LAX → Forest Lawn Glendale: 38 km, 30 min by car outside rush hour; Burbank (BUR) → 8 km, 15 min.
Other accessible graves (Great Mausoleum exterior, gardens, Court of Freedom): Walt Disney, Elizabeth Taylor, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Jean Harlow, Sammy Davis Jr., Errol Flynn.
What you need to know before going to Holly Terrace to pay tribute to MJ: why the grave is off-limits to the public, what you can do at Forest Lawn, and how to combine the visit with a Hollywood pilgrimage.
