Northwood
Worth seeing in and around Northwood
5 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.
- 01Islamic Center of Irvine
The Islamic Center of Irvine is a mosque and Islamic community center founded by the Muslims of Irvine, California, on August 28, 2004. The mosque has one of the largest congregations in California, with an estimated 2,500 worshipers attending weekly programs and benefiting from a variety of services, including youth programs, an annual summer camp for children, senior workshops and interfaith sports.
2 km · mosque in Irvine, California · Wikipedia - 02Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial
The Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial is a memorial in Irvine, California, to American troops who died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The names on the memorial come from US DoD casualty records for Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn.
800 m · memorial in California · Wikipedia - 03Blue Gum Park
Northwood is a community encompassing the northern portions of the city of Irvine, in Orange County, California. It covers the area enclosed by the Santa Ana Freeway, Culver Drive, Portola Parkway and Jeffrey Road.
1.2 km · park in Irvine, CA, USA · Wikipedia - 04Brywood Park
Park in California, United States of America, United States of America
1.1 km · Wikipedia - 05Heritage Park
Heritage Community Park is located in the city of Irvine in Orange County, California. The park sits next to Heritage Park Regional Library on the corner of Yale and Walnut Avenues, and is adjacent to Irvine High School.
2.2 km · city park in Irvine, California · Wikipedia
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Getting to Northwood
- Airports
- John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 11 km · Long Beach (LGB), 38 km · Ontario (ONT), 41 km
- Ontario → Northwood40 km · quickest by road, 59 min · $4–5
- San Bernardino → Northwood62 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · $6–8
- Los Angeles → Northwood58 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · $5–7
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Northwood
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 Northwood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere are over 45 miles of off-road bicycle trails and 282 miles of on-road bicycle lanes provided in Irvine.
From Wikivoyage: Irvine, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Northwood – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Northwood
Northwood is 11 km from Santa Ana, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.