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Fullerton

Fullerton is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States.

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The place

Fullerton is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 143,617.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Fullerton

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
    Honda Center

    Honda Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League.

    9.4 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Anaheim, California, USA · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Disneyland Resort

    The Disneyland Resort is an entertainment resort in Anaheim, California, United States. It is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division and is home to two theme parks, three hotels, and the Downtown Disney shopping, dining, and entertainment district.

    7.7 km · theme park, tourist and entertainment complex in Anaheim, California, United States · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Angel Stadium of Anaheim

    Angel Stadium is a ballpark in Anaheim, California, United States. Since its opening 60 years ago in 1966, it has been the home venue of the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball, who relocated from Los Angeles to Anaheim following the 1965 season.

    9.8 km · baseball stadium in Anaheim, California, United States · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sleeping Beauty Castle

    Sleeping Beauty Castle is a fairy tale castle at the center of Disneyland and formerly in Hong Kong Disneyland. It is based on the late 19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany.

    7.5 km · castle at Disneyland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Disney California Adventure

    Disney California Adventure is a theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division.

    8.1 km · theme park in California, part of Disneyland Resort · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    California State University, Fullerton

    California State University, Fullerton is a public research university in Fullerton, California, United States. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the California State University system, and its graduate student body of more than 5,000 is one of the largest in the CSU and in all of California.

    4 km · public university in Fullerton, California, United States, part of the California State University system · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Biola University

    Biola University is a private, nondenominational, evangelical Christian university in La Mirada, California, United States. It was founded in 1908 as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles as a center for biblical and missionary training.

    8.6 km · Christian university near Los Angeles · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Knott's Berry Farm

    Knott's Berry Farm is a 57-acre amusement park in Buena Park, California, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park officially opened as Knott's Berry Farm in 1947.

    7.7 km · amusement park in Buena Park, California, United States · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Downtown Disney

    Downtown Disney is a lifestyle center located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, United States. It opened on January 12, 2001; a component of the Disneyland Resort expansion project alongside the Disney California Adventure theme park and Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.

    7.9 km · shopping complex at the Disneyland Resort · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Disneyland Railroad

    The Disneyland Railroad, formerly known as the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, is a 3-foot narrow-gauge heritage railroad and attraction in the Disneyland theme park of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, United States. Its route is 1.2 miles long and encircles the majority of the park, with train stations in four different park areas.

    7.8 km · steam railroad system at the Disneyland park in the Disneyland Resort · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Fullerton Arboretum

    1900 Associated Rd (Yorba Linda exit off the 57 freeway), fax: +1 714 278-7066.

  2. 02
    Fullerton Museum Center

    301 N Pomona Ave, info@fullertonmuseum.com.

  3. 03
    Muckenthaler Cultural Center

    The former mansion of Walter and Adella Muckenthaler, “The Muck” is part art school, part performance space, and part gallery.

  4. 04
    Moped Museum at Myron's Mopeds

    This is a collection of classic vintage mopeds from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

From Wikivoyage: Fullerton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Air Combat USA, 3815 W. Commonwealth Ave. (At Fullerton Airport), toll-free: +1-800-522-7590, fax: +1 714 525-7592. Check website for dates. Don't have a pilot's license? Never stepped foot on a plane? You can still be a fighter pilot for a day. Be transported from suburbia to aerial combat via single-engine plane, learning dogfighting tehcniques with ACUSA's skilled instructors. $700-2100. SkyThrills, 3815 W.

From Wikivoyage: Fullerton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Rutabegorz
  2. 02
    Kimmie's Coffee Cup

    A classic American diner with a woman's touch.

  3. 03
    Roman Cucina

    Dark decor and fabulous dim lighting to set the mood.

  4. 04
    The Mulberry St

    The Italian food is good, but go for the seafood.

  5. 05
    The Cellar

    The restaurant is beneath the historic Villa Del Sol, a beautiful building and plaza in the heart of downtown.

From Wikivoyage: Fullerton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Fullerton

Airports
Long Beach (LGB), 22 km · John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 23 km · Ontario (ONT), 36 km
Stations
Fullerton Municipal Airport, 4.8 km · Fullerton Transportation Center, 1.4 km · Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, 9.7 km
  • Los Angeles → Fullerton
    36 km · quickest by road, 49 min · $3.5–4.5
  • Burbank → Fullerton
    49 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · $4.5–6
  • San Bernardino → Fullerton
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · $6–9
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fullerton

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fullerton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,633 km
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  3. 03
    NanaimoCA

    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

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  4. 04
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    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    1,786 km
  5. 05
    Courtenay, Comox and the Comox ValleyCA

    10 ways of moving, 14 sources

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Around it

Next door to Fullerton

Fullerton is 5 km from Anaheim, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.