Leisure World

Leisure World Seal Beach is an active-seniors’ retirement community opened in 1962 that introduced many innovations characterizing later senior property developments.

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Type: Hamlet with 9,000 residents
Description: gated retirement community in Seal Beach, California, United States
Also known as: “Leisure World Seal Beach” and “Leisure World, Seal Beach, California”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alamitos Energy Center and Carpenter Performing Arts Center.

Alamitos Energy Center

Power station

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The Alamitos Energy Center, formerly AES Alamitos, is a natural gas-fired power station located in Long Beach, California. It is built on the site of the Alamitos Generating Station, which is undergoing decommissioning.

Carpenter Performing Arts Center

Theater building

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The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California, is a theater that hosts a variety of events, including films, forums, and musical and theatrical performances. Carpenter Performing Arts Center is situated 2 miles northwest of Leisure World.

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden

Garden

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The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden is a Japanese garden encompassing 1.3 acres on the campus of California State University, Long Beach, in Long Beach, California, United States. Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden is situated 2½ miles northwest of Leisure World.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seal Beach and Naples.

Seal Beach

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Seal Beach is a city in Orange County, Southern California. Seal beach is a small town on the coast with a beach front and pier. Main Street is a pleasant place to stroll with a number of restaurants, bars and gift shops.

Naples

Suburb

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Naples is a neighborhood of Long Beach, California, United States, built on three islands located in Alamitos Bay. The islands are divided by canals which open into the bay. Naples is situated 2½ miles southwest of Leisure World.

Los Alamitos

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Los Alamitos is a city in Orange County, California, United States. It was incorporated in March 1960. Its population was 11,780 in the 2020 census, up from 11,449 in 2010.

Leisure World

Categories: retirement community, gated community, age-restricted community, and locality
Location: Orange County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.76807° or 33° 46′ 5″ north

Longitude

-118.08562° or 118° 5′ 8″ west

Population

9,000

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

8553QW97+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150939153

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5365857

Wikidata ID

Q6520315

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In Other Languages

“Leisure World” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Leisure World, Seal Beach, California”

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