Torrance

Worth seeing in and around Torrance

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
   VELO Sports Center

   The VELO Sports Center is a velodrome in Carson, California, United States. It is currently the only cycling track of its kind in the US. Formerly known as the ADT Event Center or LA Velodrome, it opened in 2004 on the California State University, Dominguez Hills Campus, part of the Dignity Health Sports Park complex.

   9.5 km · large velodrome in Carson, California · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Western Museum of Flight

   The Western Museum of Flight is an aviation museum located at Zamperini Field, the municipal airport in Torrance, California. WMOF is operated by the Southern California Historical Aviation Foundation.

   3.5 km · aviation museum in Torrance, California · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Wayfarers Chapel

   Wayfarers Chapel, or "The Glass Church", is a disassembled chapel designed by Lloyd Wright and originally located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The chapel had unique organic architecture sited on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean.

   9.8 km · church in California, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Del Amo Fashion Center

   Del Amo Fashion Center is a three-level regional shopping mall in Torrance, California, United States. It is managed and co-owned by Simon Property Group.

   700 m · Large shopping mall in Southern California · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Murdock Stadium

   Featherstone Field, previously known as Murdock Stadium is a stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. Built in 1958, the stadium seats around 12,127 on wood-backed bleacher seats.

   6.4 km · college sports stadium in California, U.S · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge

   The Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge is a historic double-tracked arch bridge in Torrance, California, U.S. It spans Torrance Boulevard at Bow Avenue, a short distance west of Western Avenue. It was once part of the north/south San Pedro via Gardena Line of the Pacific Electric Railway, that agency's first interurban line to San Pedro.

   4.3 km · railway bridge in Torrance, California, United States · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Lomita Railroad Museum

   The Lomita Railroad Museum is a museum in Lomita, California, United States, devoted to California railroad history. “Exhibits include a full-size steam locomotive with tender and caboose, and a station housing scale models, photographs and paintings of trains.” It was founded by Irene Lewis in the early 1960s on a single lot in the middle of a residential part of Lomita, and had its grand opening on June 23, 1967.

   5 km · railroad museum in Lomita, California · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Los Angeles Harbor College

   Los Angeles Harbor College is a public community college in Wilmington, California. It is one of two community colleges serving the South Bay region of Los Angeles.

   8.5 km · public community college in Wilmington, California · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sand Dune Park

   Sand Dune Park is an area of public sand dunes partly on a steep slope that is used for exercise in Manhattan Beach, California. The area has been used by amateur and professional athletes and has been featured in fitness magazines and newspaper accounts as a great workout spot.

   9.1 km · sand dunes in Manhattan Beach, California · Wikipedia
10. 10
    El Camino College

    El Camino College is a public community college in Los Angeles County, California. Most of it is in Alondra Park, while a section is in the city limits of Torrance.

    6.6 km · community college in Alondra Park, California, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Torrance

Airports

Los Angeles (LAX), 13 km · Long Beach (LGB), 19 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 41 km

Stations

Zamperini Field, 3.4 km · Pacific Coast Highway, 8.2 km · Bixby Marshland, 7.1 km

• Burbank → Torrance

  38 km · quickest by road, 58 min · $4–5
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• Santa Ana → Torrance

  3642 km · quickest by air, 13h 13m · $800–1,190
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• Ontario → Torrance

  68 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · $7–10
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