Ballona Wetlands
Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve is a protected area that once served as the natural estuary for neighboring Ballona Creek. The 577-acre site is located in Los Angeles County, California, just south of Marina del Rey.Photo: Cromagnom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: estuary and marsh in California, United States
- Also known as: “Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Los Angeles International Airport and Loyola Marymount University.
Los Angeles International Airport
Photo: Flobrio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving Los Angeles. LAX—as the airport is more commonly known—is on the West Side of Los Angeles in the suburb of Westchester.
Loyola Marymount University
University
Photo: Mishigaki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loyola Marymount University, formerly St. Vincent's College, is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest Catholic university on the West Coast of the United States.
Otis College of Art and Design
College
Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marina del Rey and Playa del Rey.
Marina del Rey
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marina del Rey is a community of 39,000 people on the West Side of Los Angeles that is best known as the world's largest man-made small craft harbor, capable of berthing 5,300 boats.
Playa del Rey
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Playa del Rey offers beautiful beaches overlooking the Pacific Ocean just a few miles north of Los Angeles International Airport.
Westchester
Photo: InSapphoWeTrust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westchester is a neighborhood of Los Angeles on the West Side of Los Angeles County in Southern California. While it's not a part of Westchester, the community of Playa Vista is also covered in this article.
Ballona Wetlands
- Categories: wetland and recreation area
- Location: California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.9672° or 33° 58′ 2″ northLongitude
-118.4384° or 118° 26′ 18″ westOpen location code
8553XH86+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 44038307OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandWikidata ID
Q4851838
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Ballona Wetlands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأراضي الرطبة بالونا”
- Cebuano: “Ballona Wetlands”
- Spanish: “Reserva Ecológica Ballona Wetlands”
- “Ballona Wetlands”
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Notable Places Nearby
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