Sawtelle
Sawtelle is a neighborhood in West Los Angeles, on the Westside of Los Angeles, California.

Sawtelle is a neighborhood in West Los Angeles, on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. The short-lived City of Sawtelle grew around the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, later the Sawtelle Veterans Home, and was incorporated as a city in 1899. Developed by the Pacific Land Company and named for its manager, W. E. Sawtelle, the City of Sawtelle was independent for fewer than 30 years before it was annexed by the City of Los Angeles.
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Worth seeing in and around Sawtelle
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.
- 01Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, California, United States. It includes a crematory for cremation services.
3.7 km · cemetery in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia - 02Hammer Museum
The Hammer Museum is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. It is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles.
3.7 km · museum in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia - 03Santa Monica College
Santa Monica College is a public community college in Santa Monica, California. Founded as a junior college in 1929, SMC enrolls over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study.
1.7 km · public, community college in Santa Monica, California, United States · Wikipedia - 04Los Angeles California Temple
The Los Angeles California Temple, the tenth operating and the second-largest temple operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is on Santa Monica Boulevard in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. When it was dedicated in 1956, it was the largest of the church's temples, though it has since been surpassed by the Salt Lake Temple due to later expansions.
3.7 km · temple of the LDS church · Wikipedia - 05Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary, formerly Ballona Cemetery, is located at 1847 14th Street, alongside Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, United States. The cemetery was founded in 1897 and sits on 26 acres.
1.8 km · cemetery in Santa Monica, California, United States · Wikipedia - 06Santa Monica State Beach
Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica. The beach is located along Pacific Coast Highway.
4 km · beach in Santa Monica, California, United States · Wikipedia - 07Regency Village Theatre
The Fox Westwood Village Theatre is a historic theater in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. It is located across the street from the Fox Bruin Theater near the University of California, Los Angeles.
3.9 km · movie theater in Westwood Village, Los Angeles · Wikipedia - 08Wadsworth Theatre
The Wadsworth Theatre, a historic live theater, is located in the Sawtelle community of West Los Angeles, California, within the 388-acre West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs complex. Situated on Eisenhower Avenue in Building 226, the theater is part of the historic Sawtelle Veterans Home, nestled between Wilshire Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard on the east side of Brentwood.
2.7 km · theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia - 09Third Street Promenade
The Third Street Promenade is a pedestrian mall esplanade, shopping, dining and entertainment complex in the downtown area of Santa Monica, California which originally opened as the Santa Monica Mall on November 8, 1965. It is considered a premier shopping and dining district on the Westside and draws crowds from all over the Greater Los Angeles area.
3.4 km · pedestrian mall shopping complex in Santa Monica, California · Wikipedia - 10Heal the Bay Aquarium
Heal the Bay Aquarium, previously named the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, is a private-public aquarium at a California State Beach Park managed by Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, located beneath the Santa Monica Pier, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. Since 2003, it is operated by Heal the Bay, a nonprofit organization.
3.8 km · aquarium in Santa Monica, California, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sawtelle
- Airports
- Los Angeles (LAX), 11 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 21 km · Long Beach (LGB), 37 km
- Stations
- Santa Monica Airport, 2 km · Westwood/UCLA station, 3.6 km · 17th Street/Santa Monica College, 1.7 km · Westwood/VA Hospital station, 2.8 km
- Santa Ana → Sawtelle3662 km · quickest by air, 13h 8m · $790–1,190
- Ontario → Sawtelle74 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · $7–9
- San Bernardino → Sawtelle107 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · $9–13
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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 Sawtelle
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 Sawtelle. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inVarious shared vans will also take visitors from the airport to local hotels, and taxis are prevalent at the airport and will cost $20-25.
- Get aroundThis water taxi is just $1 (one-way) for each boarding and is a convenient way to leave the car and visit several other areas in the Marina.
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If you know how people move in Sawtelle – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Sawtelle
Sawtelle is 20 km from Los Angeles, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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