Hollywood

Worth seeing in and around Hollywood

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
   Dolby Theatre

   The Dolby Theatre is a live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Since its opening on November 9, 2001, it has been the venue of the annual Academy Awards ceremony.

   1.3 km · live entertainment theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Grauman's Chinese Theatre

   Grauman's Chinese Theatre, known as the Chinese colloquially, and officially branded as the TCL Chinese Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The original Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, which opened in 1922.

   1.3 km · movie theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Griffith Observatory

   Griffith Observatory is an observatory in Los Angeles, California, on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest.

   3.1 km · observatory in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Los Angeles County Museum of Art

   The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits.

   5.2 km · art museum in Los Angeles, United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Hollywood Bowl

   The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre and public park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California. It was named one of the ten best live music venues in the United States by Rolling Stone magazine in 2018 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.

   1.7 km · open-air theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hollywood Forever Cemetery

   Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a full-service cemetery, funeral home, crematory, and cultural events center which regularly hosts community events such as live music and summer movie screenings. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angeles, California and is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood.

   1.6 km · cemetery in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Forest Lawn Memorial Park

   Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills is one of the six Forest Lawn cemeteries in Southern California, United States. It is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

   4.9 km · cemetery in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Whisky a Go Go

   The Whisky a Go Go is a historic nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip, corner North Clark Street, opposite North San Vicente Boulevard, northwest corner.

   5.6 km · nightclub in West Hollywood, California · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Griffith Park

   Griffith Park, sometimes shortened to Griffith, is a large municipal park in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, ranging from the Los Feliz neighborhood, to the San Fernando Valley. The park includes popular attractions such as the Los Angeles Zoo, the Autry Museum of the American West, Griffith Observatory, and the Hollywood Sign.

   4.3 km · municipal park in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Petersen Automotive Museum

    The Petersen Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest collections, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a nonprofit organization specializing in automobile history and related educational programs.

    5.4 km · museum in Los Angeles, CA · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hollywood

Airports

Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 12 km · Los Angeles (LAX), 19 km · Long Beach (LGB), 36 km

Stations

Wilshire/Normandie, 5.1 km · Universal City/Studio City, 5.3 km · Hollywood/Highland, 1.1 km · Wilshire/Western, 4.7 km · Hollywood/Vine, 0 m

• Santa Ana → Hollywood

  3656 km · quickest by air, 13h 29m · $810–1,220
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• Ontario → Hollywood

  62 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · $6–8
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• San Bernardino → Hollywood

  95 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · $8–12
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