Venice City Beach
Venice City Beach is the main beach in the Venice District of Los Angeles. It stretches from the Venice...
Beaches in Los Angeles
Dockweiler State Beach
Dockweiler State Beach is the long beach west of the LAX Airport in the Playa Del Rey District of...
Cabrillo Beach (Ocean Beach), San Pedro
Cabrillo Ocean Beach (aka Oceanside) is on the ocean side of Cabrillo Beach Park in the San Pedro district...
Venice Pier Beach
The Venice Pier Beach is at the long fishing pier jutting out into the Pacific Ocean from the Venice...
Playa Del Rey Beach
Playa Del Rey Beach is the wide sandy beach in front of the Playa Del Rey neighborhood of Los...
Royal Palms Beach
Royal Palms Beach is the former site of a hot springs resort in the San Pedro District of Los...
Will Rogers State Beach
Will Rogers State Beach is a state park operated by Los Angeles County that occupies the entire waterfront of...
Sunset Point Beach
Sunset Point Beach, aka Sunset Beach, is located in the Pacific Palisades district of Los Angeles and is the...
Dockweiler State Beach – South Beach
The South Beach in Dockweiler State Beach is located near the park’s southern “Bluff Parking Lot”. This is a...
Point Fermin Park Beach
Point Fermin Beach is below the steep bluffs of Point Fermin Park and Lighthouse in the San Pedro District...
White Point Beach
White Point Beach is below the steep bluffs at what is officially named “Whites Point” in the San Pedro...
Cabrillo Beach – Harbor Beach
Cabrillo Harbor Beach (aka Harborside) is located at Cabrillo Beach Park next to the public boat launch in the...
Marina Peninsula Beach (Charlie Beach)
South of Venice Beach and the Venice Fishing Pier is a peninsula formed between the ocean and the Marina...
Dockweiler State Beach RV Park
Dockweiler State Beach is a popular long wide sandy beach near the LAX Airport in the Playa Del Rey...
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Nearby Hotels
Venice on the Beach Hotel
Simplistically designed in crisp beach hues, the 60 guestrooms and suites of Venice on the Beach Hotel offer comfort...
The Standard Hotel Los Angeles
From its elegant marble lobby to its more than 200 mid-century-styled guestrooms, The Standard Hotel Los Angeles rises to...
Nearby Attractions
The Getty Villa
The Getty Villa, is a facility that J. Paul Getty never lived in, but had built to house a...
The Getty Center Museum
The Getty Center, named for J. Paul Getty, sits high on a hill at the edge of the Santa...
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is located behind Cabrillo Harbor Beach in the San Pedro district of Los Angeles. It is...
Los Angeles Zoo
The Los Angeles Zoo is located in the heart of the nation’s second-largest city. Each year 1.3 million visitors...
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park
When you finally see the Watts Tower that you may have heard about, it boggles the mind that someone...
About Los Angeles
With its unique beaches and diverse communities, California’s largest city offers year-round outdoor recreational pursuits. The City of Los Angeles is home to some of the nation’s best beaches, from the infamous bodybuilders and folk artists on Venice Beach to the two sides of Cabrillo Beach Park in San Pedro, one opening to the adventurous surf and one opening to the relaxing harbor. Meanwhile, soak up the serenity of Playa Del Rey Beach with its family and pet-friendly park, or take in some history of the region, touring the revered Point Fermin Park and Lighthouse. Many of the wide sandy Los Angeles area beaches are in other cities along the shores of Santa Monica Bay. See which of the many LA area beaches made the list of Best Beaches in Los Angeles.
