Portuguese Bend

Portuguese Bend is a hamlet in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. Portuguese Bend is situated nearby to the town Rancho Palos Verdes, as well as near the suburb Rolling Hills.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve and Wayfarers Chapel.

Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve

Nature reserve

Photo: Jim Helvey, CC BY 3.0.

Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve.

Wayfarers Chapel

Photo: Gyrofrog, CC SA 1.0.

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.

Del Cerro Park

Park

Del Cerro Park is a public park located in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California. The park is situated high atop a bluff at the southernmost end of Crenshaw Boulevard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills.

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.

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 2 miles northeast of Portuguese Bend.

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. Rolling Hills Estates is situated 3½ miles north of Portuguese Bend.

Portuguese Bend

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.73974° or 33° 44′ 23″ north

Longitude

-118.36952° or 118° 22′ 10″ west

Elevation

200 feet (61 metres)

Open location code

8553PJQJ+V5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150964652

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5384481

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