Point Vicente County Park

Point Vicente County Park is a park in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. Point Vicente County Park is situated nearby to the town Rancho Palos Verdes, as well as near the hamlet Portuguese Bend.

Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Park
Description: park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
Also known as: “Pelican Cove Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point Vicente Lighthouse and Wayfarers Chapel.

Point Vicente Lighthouse

Government building

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Point Vicente Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States, north of Los Angeles Harbor, which was built in 1926. It is 67 feet tall and stands on a cliff with a height of 130 feet.

Wayfarers Chapel

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Wayfarers Chapel, or "The Glass Church", is a disassembled chapel designed by Lloyd Wright and originally located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The chapel had unique organic architecture sited on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean. Wayfarers Chapel is situated 1½ miles east of Point Vicente County Park.

Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve

Nature reserve

Photo: Jim Helvey, CC BY 3.0.

Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve, which is situated 1½ miles east of Point Vicente County Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rancho Palos Verdes and Palos Verdes Estates.

Rancho Palos Verdes

Town

Photo: Cardinalngold, Public domain.

Rancho Palos Verdes is an affluent coastal city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated on September 7, 1973, the city has a population of 42,287 as reported in the 2020 United States census. Rancho Palos Verdes is situated 2 miles east of Point Vicente County Park.

Palos Verdes Estates

Suburb

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Palos Verdes Estates is a coastal city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and neighboring Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills Estates. Palos Verdes Estates is situated 3 miles north of Point Vicente County Park.

Rolling Hills

Suburb

Photo: Mary DeNeale Morgan, Public domain.

Rolling Hills is a city on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Rolling Hills is a gated community with private roads with three entry gates. Rolling Hills is situated 3½ miles northeast of Point Vicente County Park.

Point Vicente County Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.74117° or 33° 44′ 28″ north

Longitude

-118.40491° or 118° 24′ 18″ west

Elevation

43 feet (13 metres)

Open location code

8553PHRW+F2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 486284611

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5384041

Wikidata ID

Q49544631

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Point Vicente County Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Point Vicente County Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Portuguese Bend and Rolling Hills Estates.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Point Vicente Fishing Access and Nike Site LA-55L (historical).

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