Compton Creek
Compton Creek is a major tributary of the Los Angeles River in and surrounding Compton in Los Angeles County, California. The stream drains a watershed of 42.1 square miles. and is the last major tributary to enter the Los Angeles River before it reaches the Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Del Amo station and Los Cerritos Ranch House.
Del Amo station
Railway station
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Del Amo station is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located between Compton Creek and Santa Fe Avenue, and elevated over the intersection of Del Amo Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the Los Angeles County community of Rancho Dominguez and near the city of Carson.
Los Cerritos Ranch House
Building
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Los Cerritos Ranch House, also known as Rancho Los Cerritos or Casa de los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, United States, was "the largest and most impressive adobe residence erected in southern California during the Mexican period".
Wardlow station
Railway station
Photo: Lars Smiley, Public domain.
Wardlow station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located on the A Line's exclusive right-of-way that parallels Pacific Place, at its intersection with Wardlow Street, after which the station is named, in the Wrigley neighborhood of Long Beach, California. Wardlow station is situated 1½ miles south of Compton Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rancho Dominguez and Bixby Knolls.
Rancho Dominguez
Suburb
Rancho Dominguez is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Rancho Dominguez is located between the cities of Compton, Long Beach and Carson.
Bixby Knolls
Suburb
Bixby Knolls is a neighborhood in Long Beach, California, named after the Bixby family. Bixby Knolls is situated 1½ miles east of Compton Creek.
North Long Beach
Suburb
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North Long Beach is a predominantly working-class area of Long Beach, California. The neighborhood is bounded to the west, north and east by the Long Beach city limits, and to the south by a Union Pacific railroad track and the Bixby Knolls neighborhood. North Long Beach is situated 1½ miles northeast of Compton Creek.
Compton Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Compton Creek” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Compton Creek”
- Catalan: “Compton Creek”
- Cebuano: “Compton Creek”
- Dutch: “Compton Creek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كومبتون كريك”
- French: “Compton Creek”
- German: “Compton Creek”
- Spanish: “Arroyo Compton”
- Ukrainian: “Комптон-Крік”
- Venetian: “Compton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dominguez Park and Scherer Park.
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