Studio City

Worth seeing in and around Studio City

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
   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.

   3.9 km · amusement park in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Campo de Cahuenga

   Campo de Cahuenga is an adobe reproduction and memorial park located at the site of the signing of the 1847 Capitulation of Cahuenga, a ceasefire agreement which ended the Conquest of California. Situated at the north end of Cahuenga Pass, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, the current structure was built in 1950 and serves as a historic interpretation center dedicated to the Capitulation of Cahuenga, signed between Lieutenant Colonel John C. Frémont, representing the American forces, and Captain Andrés Pico, representing the Californio forces.

   3.1 km · historic house in California, United States · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bailey House

   The Bailey House is a steel-framed modernist house in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, United States.

   3 km · house · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Shulman House

   The Shulman House is a mid-century steel home and studio in the Hollywood Hills. In 1947 architectural photographer Julius Shulman asked architect Raphael Soriano to build him a house and studio in the Hollywood Hills.

   3.4 km · House in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St. Charles Borromeo Church

   St. Charles Borromeo Church is a Catholic church and elementary school in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

   2.8 km · Catholic church in North Hollywood, California, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library

   North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library, formerly Sidney Lanier Branch Library, also referred to as North Hollywood Branch and North Hollywood Library, is a regional branch library in the Los Angeles Public Library system, located at 5211 N. Tujunga Avenue in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Opened in 1929, the building was declared a Los Angeles Cultural-Historic Monument in 1986 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

   2.9 km · public library in North Hollywood, California, United States · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St. Anne Melkite Catholic Cathedral

   St. Anne Melkite Greek Catholic Cathedral in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, is a modern cathedral inspired by Byzantine architecture.

   2 km · church in California, United States · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Polito House

   The Polito House is a house in Los Angeles designed by Raphael Soriano, FAIA, built in 1938 and completed in 1940. The house and its recent renovation was featured in the October 2025 issue of Architectural Digest.

   3.4 km · house in Los Angeles · Wikipedia
9. 09
   El Portal Theatre

   El Portal Theater, also known as El Portal Center for the Arts, is a historic theater located at 5265-5271 Lankershim Boulevard and 11200-11220 Weddington Street in North Hollywood, California. Built as a single theater in 1926, the venue was rebuilt as a three-theater performing arts complex in the late 1990s.

   3.1 km · movie theater in Valley Village, Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Lankershim Arts Center

    Lankershim Arts Center, also known as the Department of Water and Power Building, is an art center and historic building located at 5108 Lankershim Boulevard in the NoHo Arts District in North Hollywood, California. Originally built for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the building has since been adapted into a performing arts and gallery space.

    3 km · art center and historic building in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia

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Getting to Studio City

Airports

Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 7 km · Los Angeles (LAX), 22 km · Long Beach (LGB), 43 km

Stations

Universal City/Studio City, 3 km

• Long Beach → Studio City

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · $5–7
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• Santa Ana → Studio City

  3664 km · quickest by air, 13h 40m · $820–1,230
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• Ontario → Studio City

  69 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · $6–9
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