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Ballona Creek

Ballona Creek is an 8.5-mile channelized stream in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, that was once a "year-round river lined with sycamores and willows".
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Wikipedia
  • Type: River
  • Description: stream in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Sanjon de Agua con Alisos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballona Wetlands and Chace Park.

Nature reserve
Photo: Cromagnom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ecological Reserve is a protected area that once served as the natural estuary for neighboring Ballona Creek. The 577-acre site is located in Los Angeles County, California, just south of .

Park
Photo: DocFreeman24, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burton is the largest public park in . It is named after Burton W. Chace, a former Mayor of Long Beach and Los Angeles County Supervisor.

Library
Photo: Jengod, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alla and Marina del Rey.

Neighborhood
Photo: Rachington11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community of 39,000 people on the West Side of that is best known as the world's largest man-made small craft harbor, capable of berthing 5,300 boats.

Quarter
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood in the Westside area of , California, United States. The area was of Hughes Aircraft Company from 1941 to 1985 and the site of the construction of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" aircraft.

Ballona Creek

Latitude
33.97377° or 33° 58′ 26″ north
Longitude
-118.437° or 118° 26′ 13″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
8553XHF7+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27624653
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
5325937
Wiki­data ID
Q3633459
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Satellite Map

Discover Ballona Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Slovenian—“Ballona Creek” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالونا كريك”
  • Cebuano: “Ballona Creek”
  • Chinese: “巴倫拿溪”
  • Dutch: “Ballona Creek”
  • French: “Ballona Creek”
  • Italian: “Ballona Creek”
  • Japanese: “バロナ川”
  • Slovenian: “Ballona Creek”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Golden Triangle and Del Rey.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve and Ballona Creek Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ballona Creek”. Photo: Mfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.