Walteria

Walteria is a neighborhood in south Torrance in southern California, United States. It is bounded by Crenshaw Boulevard on the east, Pacific Coast Highway on the north, Vista Montana to the west; and approximately Newton Street, Blair Way, Winlock Road and Rolling Hills Way to the south.

Type: Quarter
Description: human settlement in California, United States of America
Also known as: “Walteria, California” and “Walteria, Torrance”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zamperini Field and Torrance Memorial Medical Center.

Zamperini Field

Aerodrome

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Zamperini Field is a public airport three miles southwest of downtown Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The airport is classified by the FAA as a Regional Reliever and was once known as Torrance Municipal Airport; it was renamed for local sports and war hero Louis Zamperini on December 7, 1946, the fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Torrance Memorial Medical Center

Hospital

Torrance Memorial Medical Center is a private hospital located in Torrance, California. Torrance Memorial was the first hospital in the South Bay region and is currently one of the three burn centers in Los Angeles County.

South High School

School

South High School is a public high school in Torrance, California. It is one of five high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. As of 2025, South High School is ranked as the best school in TUSD by US News, in which it ranks nationally at #1,021 and #135 at the state level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rolling Hills Estates and Lomita.

Rolling Hills Estates

Suburb

Photo: Clotee Allochuku, CC BY 2.0.

Rolling Hills Estates is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. On the northern side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, facing Torrance, Rolling Hills Estates is mostly residential.

Lomita

Town

Photo: Lomita, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lomita is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,921 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 20,256 at the 2010 census. Lomita is situated 2 miles east of Walteria.

Torrance

Photo: Cardinalngold, Public domain.

Torrance is a city in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, in Southern California. Even though it is one of the larger suburbs of Los Angeles, it is overlooked by the throngs of tourists that visit LA.

Walteria

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.80502° or 33° 48′ 18″ north

Longitude

-118.35118° or 118° 21′ 4″ west

Elevation

98 feet (30 metres)

Open location code

8553RJ4X+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150967702

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

5285212

Wikidata ID

Q7966564

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Satellite Map

Discover Walteria from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Dutch to Irish—“Walteria” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Walteria”
Irish: “Walteria”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Orangetheory Fitness and Walteria Branch Library.

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