Point Vicente Interpretive Center

Point Vicente Interpretive Center is a museum in Los Angeles, Southern California, California which is located on Palos Verdes Drive West. Point Vicente Interpretive Center is situated nearby to the park Point Vicente Picnic Area, as well as near the scenic viewpoint The Major Vista Point.

Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Address: 31501 and 31503 Palos Verdes Drive West, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Point Vicente Lighthouse and Point Vicente County Park.

Point Vicente Lighthouse

Government building

Photo: PKM, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Point Vicente Lighthouse is situated 1,100 feet south of Point Vicente Interpretive Center.

Point Vicente County Park

Park

Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.

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 2 miles east of Point Vicente Interpretive Center.

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 2½ miles east of Point Vicente Interpretive Center.

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 3 miles north of Point Vicente Interpretive Center.

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 4 miles northeast of Point Vicente Interpretive Center.

Point Vicente Interpretive Center

Categories: building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.74475° or 33° 44′ 41″ north

Longitude

-118.41145° or 118° 24′ 41″ west

Elevation

167 feet (51 metres)

Levels

Height

26 feet (7.8 metres)

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

8553PHVQ+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 407323398

OpenStreetMap feature

building=civic

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Highlights include Point Vicente Picnic Area and The Major Vista Point.

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