Whittier
Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Part of the Gateway Cities, the 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km2) city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census. Whittier was incorporated in February 1898 and became a charter city in 1955. The city is named for the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and is home to Whittier College. The city is surrounded by four unincorporated areas sharing the Whittier name, West Whittier-Los Nietos, North Whittier, South Whittier, and East Whittier, which combined are home to a larger population than Whittier proper.
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Worth seeing in and around Whittier
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.
- 01Biola University
Biola University is a private, nondenominational, evangelical Christian university in La Mirada, California, United States. It was founded in 1908 as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles as a center for biblical and missionary training.
6.7 km · Christian university near Los Angeles · Wikipedia - 02Hsi Lai Temple
Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple is a mountain monastery in the northern Puente Hills, Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County, California. The name Hsi Lai means "coming west".
5.3 km · Buddhist monastery in California, United States · Wikipedia - 03Whittier College
Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California, United States. Founded by Quakers in 1887, it is a federally-designated Hispanic-Serving Institution.
1.5 km · liberal arts college in Whittier, California · Wikipedia - 04Rose Hills Memorial Park
Rose Hills Memorial Park is a cemetery and mortuary located in northern Whittier, California. It is an affiliate of Service Corporation International and is the largest cemetery in North America.
5.3 km · cemetery in Whittier, California, United States · Wikipedia - 05Rio Hondo College
Río Hondo College is a public community college in Whittier, California. Founded in 1960, it is named after the Rio Hondo and mainly serves the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, El Monte, and South El Monte.
6.2 km · public community college in Whittier, California, United States · Wikipedia - 06Pico Rivera Sports Arena
The Pico Rivera Memorial Sports Arena is a multipurpose arena located in Pico Rivera, California, United States. It can seat a range of 5,000 to 6,250 patrons, depending on the event configuration.
6.5 km · arena in California, United States · Wikipedia - 07National Bank of Whittier Building
National Bank of Whittier Building is a historic commercial building in uptown Whittier, California. Built in 1923 by John and David Parkinson in the Beaux Arts Neoclassical architecture style, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
1.8 km · historic building in Whittier, California, United States · Wikipedia - 08820 Olive
820 Olive or 825 South Hill, is a residential and retail tower in downtown Los Angeles, California that is located within walking distance from Staples Center, L.A. Live, and the Broadway. It was developed by Onni Group and designed by Chris Dikeakos Architects.
8.9 km · architectural building · Wikipedia - 09Holy Cross Cathedral
The Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Montebello, California, is the cathedral of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America. The cathedral was consecrated by Karekin II, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, on November 11, 1984.
9.8 km · Mother Cathedral of Eastern Prelacy of North America (Holy See of Cilicia) · Wikipedia - 10Standard Oil Building
Standard Oil Building is a historic building in Whittier, California. Built in 1914, it was designed by Rea & Garstang in the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style.
1.6 km · historic building in Whittier, California · Wikipedia
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Getting to Whittier
- Airports
- Long Beach (LGB), 20 km · John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 35 km · Los Angeles (LAX), 35 km
- Stations
- Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Whittier, 1.6 km · Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station, 6.4 km
- Ontario → Whittier36 km · quickest by road, 56 min · $3.5–5
- Burbank → Whittier34 km · quickest by road, 55 min · $3.5–4.5
- San Bernardino → Whittier70 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · $7–10
- 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 Whittier
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 Whittier. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Whittier is 18 km from Anaheim, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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