Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area

Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area is a nature reserve in California, United States. Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Portuguese Bend, as well as near the town Rancho Palos Verdes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wayfarers Chapel and Abalone Cove Ecological 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. Wayfarers Chapel is situated 2½ miles north of Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area.

Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve

Nature reserve

Photo: Jim Helvey, CC BY 3.0.

Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve, which is situated 2 miles north of Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area.

Point Vicente County Park

Park

Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.

Point Vicente County Park is situated 2½ miles northwest of Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area.

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. Rancho Palos Verdes is situated 3 miles north of Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area.

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 4½ miles northeast of Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area.

Palos Verdes Estates

Suburb

Photo: formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 5 miles north of Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area.

Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area

Type: Nature reserve
Location: California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.7097° or 33° 42′ 35″ north

Longitude

-118.38696° or 118° 23′ 13″ west

Open location code

8553PJ57+V6

GeoNames ID

10297354

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Localities in the Area

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