Mariposa Center

Mariposa Center is a community center in Los Angeles, Southern California, California which is located on Jefferson Street. Mariposa Center is situated nearby to Progress Park, as well as near the community center Progress Plaza.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Paramount High School and Lakewood Boulevard station.

Paramount High School

School

Paramount High School is a comprehensive public high school in Paramount, California, USA. It is part of the Paramount Unified School District. The school serves students in grades 9–12 on two campuses, West Campus for 9th grade students and Senior Campus for grades 10–12. Paramount High School is situated 3,500 feet north of Mariposa Center.

Lakewood Boulevard station

Railway station

Photo: METRO96, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lakewood Boulevard station is a below-grade light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is situated in the median of Interstate 105, below Lakewood Boulevard, after which the station is named. Lakewood Boulevard station is situated 1½ miles north of Mariposa Center.

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Museum

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Columbia Memorial Space Center is a science museum in the Los Angeles area, in the City of Downey, California, US. It is owned and operated by Downey, and open to the general public as a hands-on space museum and activity center. Columbia Memorial Space Center is situated 2 miles northeast of Mariposa Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paramount and Bellflower.

Paramount

Town

Photo: peter boy12qq12, CC BY 3.0.

Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 53,733, down from 54,098 at the 2010 census.

Bellflower

Photo: JerryUSAUSAUSA, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bellflower is a city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was founded in 1906 and incorporated on September 3, 1957.

Gateway Cities

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The largely suburban and industrial Gateway Cities of Los Angeles County in Southern California make up the southeastern portion of the county, lying between the City of Los Angeles proper and the border of the county with Orange County.

Mariposa Center

Type: Community center
Address: 8550 Jefferson Street, Paramount, CA 90723
Category: building
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.8926° or 33° 53′ 33″ north

Longitude

-118.14954° or 118° 8′ 58″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Height

19 feet (5.8 metres)

Open location code

8553VVV2+25

OpenStreetMap ID

way 449925751

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=community_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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