Long Beach

Worth seeing in and around Long Beach

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   California State University

   The California State University is California's system of public universities. Headquartered in Long Beach, the system includes 22 campuses and seven off-campus centers, and serves more than 460,000 students.

   700 m · public university system in California, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Vincent Thomas Bridge

   The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long suspension bridge, crossing Los Angeles Harbor in Los Angeles, California, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island. It is the only suspension bridge in the Greater Los Angeles area.

   7.3 km · bridge in Southern California · Wikipedia
3. 03
   California State University, Long Beach

   California State University, Long Beach, also known in athletics as Long Beach State University, is a public research university in Long Beach, California, United States. The 322-acre campus is the second largest in the California State University system.

   7 km · public university in Long Beach, California, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center

   The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Long Beach, California. Built on the former site of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, the venue is composed of the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach Arena, and the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.

   900 m · convention center in Long Beach, California, United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Aquarium of the Pacific

   The Aquarium of the Pacific is a public aquarium on a 6-acre site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, California, United States. It is situated across the water from the Long Beach Convention Center, Shoreline Village, and the Queen Mary Hotel and Attraction.

   700 m · public aquarium in Long Beach, California · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Walter Pyramid

   The LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid, formerly known as Walter Pyramid and The Long Beach Pyramid, is a 4,000-seat, pyramid-shaped indoor arena on the campus of California State University, Long Beach in Long Beach, California. It serves as home venue to the University's men's and women's basketball teams and men's and women's volleyball teams.

   7.8 km · arena at California State University, Long Beach · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Long Beach Polytechnic High School

   Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a four-year public high school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States. The school serves portions of Long Beach, including Bixby Knolls, and some parts of the cities of Signal Hill and Lakewood.

   2.4 km · serving Long Beach, California · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Banning House

   Banning House, also known as the General Phineas Banning Residence Museum, is a historic Greek Revival-Victorian home in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1863 by Phineas Banning near the original San Pedro Bay, it remained in the Banning family until 1925 and has been owned by the City of Los Angeles since 1927.

   6.2 km · historic house in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Long Beach International Gateway Bridge

   The Long Beach International Gateway, originally known as the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement, is a cable-stayed bridge that carries six lanes of Interstate 710 and a bicycle/pedestrian path in Long Beach, California, west across the Back Channel to Terminal Island. The bridge replaced the Gerald Desmond Bridge, which was completed in 1968 and named after Gerald Desmond, a prominent civic leader and a former city attorney for the City of Long Beach.

   2.4 km · cable-stayed bridge in Long Beach, California, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cambodia Town, Long Beach, California

    Cambodia Town is the official name for a business corridor along Anaheim Street between Atlantic and Junipero avenues in the Eastside of Long Beach, California. The area has numerous Cambodian restaurants, clothing stores, jewelry stores, and donut shops, as well as churches, Khmer temples, and service centers for Cambodian Americans.

    3.4 km · Neighborhood in Long Beach, California, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Long Beach

Airports

Long Beach (LGB), 7 km · Los Angeles (LAX), 28 km · John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 32 km

Stations

Long Beach Airport, 6.8 km · Port of Los Angeles, 7.5 km · Port of Long Beach, 2.5 km · Anaheim, 1.7 km · Downtown Long Beach, 200 m

• Burbank → Long Beach

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · $4.5–6
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• Ontario → Long Beach

  60 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · $6–9
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• San Bernardino → Long Beach

  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · $9–12
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