Carthay
Carthay is a half-square-mile neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. It contains Carthay Circle, Carthay Square and South Carthay. There are three Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zones in Carthay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States
- Also known as: “Carthay, Los Angeles”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Petersen Automotive Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Petersen Automotive Museum
Museum
Photo: Mbodell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Petersen Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest collections, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a nonprofit organization specializing in automobile history and related educational programs.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits.
La Brea Tar Pits
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
La Brea Tar Pits comprise an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Ethiopia and Park La Brea.
Little Ethiopia
Neighborhood
Photo: Ucla90024, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Ethiopia is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles. It is known for its collection of Ethiopian restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques and thrift stores.
Park La Brea
Neighborhood
Park La Brea is an apartment community in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, California developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1944.
Miracle Mile
Neighborhood
Photo: DaveofCali, CC BY 2.0.
Miracle Mile is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California. It contains a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard known as Museum Row. It also contains two Historic Preservation Overlay Zones: the Miracle Mile HPOZ and the Miracle Mile North HPOZ.
Carthay
- Categories: district or neighborhood of Los Angeles and locality
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.06112° or 34° 3′ 40″ northLongitude
-118.3673° or 118° 22′ 2″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
85633J6M+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 150947999OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Carthay” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Carthay”
- French: “Carthay”
- Spanish: “Carthay (Los Ángeles)”
- Spanish: “Carthay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Little Ethiopia and South Carthay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carthay Circle Park and Lower Carthay Circle Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carthay”. Photo: Mfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.