Sherman Oaks

Worth seeing in and around Sherman Oaks

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
   American Jewish University

   American Jewish University is a private Jewish university in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of the University of Judaism and Brandeis-Bardin Institute.

   3.4 km · private university in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary

   The Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary or Proto-Cathedral of St.

   2.5 km · church in California, United States of America · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Valley Beth Shalom

   Valley Beth Shalom is a Conservative synagogue at 15739 Ventura Boulevard in Encino, Los Angeles, California, in the United States. With approximately 1,500 member families, it is one of the largest synagogues in Los Angeles and one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States.

   2.7 km · conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   The Japanese Garden

   The Japanese Garden is a 6.5-acre public Japanese garden in Los Angeles, located in the Lake Balboa district in the central San Fernando Valley, adjacent to the Van Nuys and Encino neighborhoods. It is specifically on the grounds of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant adjacent to Woodley Park, in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area.

   4.7 km · Japanese garden located on the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys, California, USA · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Leo Magnus Cricket Complex

   The Leo Magnus Cricket Complex or Sepulveda Basin Cricket Fields, aka Woodley Park, is a group of five cricket grounds located in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The facility is also called Woodley Cricket Field or Woodley Cricket Complex due to its location in Woodley Park.

   4.2 km · Cricket ground in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Skirball Cultural Center

   The Skirball Cultural Center, founded in 1996, is a Jewish educational institution in Los Angeles, California. The center, named after philanthropist couple Jack H. Skirball and Audrey Skirball-Kenis, has a museum with regularly changing exhibitions, film events, music and theater performances, comedy, family, literary, and cultural programs.

   4.1 km · museum and educational institution in Los Angeles · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Woodley Park

   Woodley Park is a recreation area managed by the City of Los Angeles and located along Woodley Avenue between Victory and Burbank Boulevards in the Lake Balboa neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The area is located within the large Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the central San Fernando Valley.

   4.2 km · park in Sepulveda Basin, Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bel Air Presbyterian Church

   Bel Air Church is a Presbyterian church located in Los Angeles, California. Its campus is located on Mulholland Drive in the Encino neighborhood.

   4.1 km · church in CA, United States · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sherman Oaks Galleria

   Sherman Oaks Galleria is an open-air shopping mall and business center located in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, at the corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards in the San Fernando Valley. The teenage mall culture which formed around it and nearby malls formed the basis of the 1982 satirical song "Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa and daughter Moon Zappa, which mentions the Galleria by name, though it misattributes its location as Encino, which it abuts.

   1.8 km · Shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Westfield Fashion Square

    Westfield Fashion Square is a shopping mall in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, California. It is owned by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.

    1.2 km · Shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sherman Oaks

Airports

Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 10 km · Los Angeles (LAX), 23 km · Long Beach (LGB), 46 km

Stations

Laurel Canyon, 5.2 km · Woodley, 5.1 km

• Long Beach → Sherman Oaks

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · $5–7
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• Santa Ana → Sherman Oaks

  3668 km · quickest by air, 13h 41m · $820–1,230
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• Ontario → Sherman Oaks

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · $7–9
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