Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles

Worth seeing in and around Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles

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.

   3.6 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.

   3.6 km · movie theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.4 km · open-air theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   3.1 km · nightclub in West Hollywood, California · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Universal Studios Hollywood

   Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park located in Universal City, California, United States, near Hollywood, Los Angeles. Owned by NBCUniversal and operated by Universal Destinations & Experiences, it is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood film studios still in use.

   2.9 km · amusement park in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Grauman's Egyptian Theatre

   Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, also known as Egyptian Hollywood and the Egyptian, is a historic movie theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Opened in 1922, it is an early example of a lavish movie palace and was the site of the world's first film premiere; however, its popularity was supplanted by Grauman's Chinese Theatre when that theatre opened five years later.

   4 km · movie theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Stahl House

   The Stahl House is an American Modernist-styled house in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, California, United States.

   1.9 km · historic house in California, United States · Wikipedia
8. 08
   The Viper Room

   The Viper Room is a nightclub and live music venue located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States. It was established under that name on August 14, 1993, then co-owned by actors and 21 Jump Street co-stars Johnny Depp and Sal Jenco.

   3.1 km · nightclub in West Hollywood · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ovation Hollywood

   Ovation Hollywood is a shopping center and entertainment complex at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The 387,000-square-foot shopping center also includes the TCL Chinese Theatre, a historic movie palace, and the Dolby Theatre, an auditorium that has been home to the Academy Awards since 2002.

   3.7 km · shopping mall and entertainment complex at Los Angeles · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The Magic Castle

    The Magic Castle is a performance venue, restaurant, and clubhouse for the Academy of Magical Arts for magicians and magic enthusiasts in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. The Academy was started in 1952 by William Larsen Sr., who founded Genii magazine in 1936.

    3.4 km · nightclub for magicians and magic enthusiasts · Wikipedia

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Getting to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles

Airports

Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 10 km · Los Angeles (LAX), 20 km · Long Beach (LGB), 39 km

Stations

Hollywood/Highland, 3.8 km · Universal City/Studio City, 2.7 km

• Santa Ana → Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles

  3661 km · quickest by air, 13h 32m · $810–1,220
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• Ontario → Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles

  67 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · $6–9
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• San Bernardino → Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles

  100 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · $9–13
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