San Dimas

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San Dimas is a city in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 33,371. The city historically took its name from San Dimas Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains above the northern section of present-day San Dimas. ()

Alternative names: Population: 34.6 thous.Area: 15.43 mi²Coordinates: 34°6'23"N, 117°49'1"W

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San Dimas – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: RailGiants Train Museum, Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, Pomona Fox Theater, Palomares Park.

3.1 miSE
Museum
RailGiants Train Museum, Pomona
78 min walk • RailGiants Train Museum is a railroad museum of historic trains located at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, United States. The museum was closed indefinitely in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but is scheduled to reopen in May 2022.
3.5 miSE
Museum
Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, Pomona
90 min walk • The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is located on the edge of the Los Angeles County Fairplex. It houses a collection of memorabilia, automobiles and motorcycles related to the sport of hot rodding.
5.1 miSE
Theater, Art Deco architecture
Pomona Fox Theater, Pomona
131 min walk • The Fox Theater Pomona is a fully restored Art Deco movie palace from Hollywood's golden age in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. Today the Fox Theater Pomona is a state-of-the-art venue for concerts, cinema, performances, and parties.
4.4 miE
Museum, History museum
Palomares Park, Pomona
112 min walk • The Ygnacio Palomares Adobe, also known as Adobe de Palomares, is a one-story adobe brick structure in Pomona, California, built between 1850 and 1855 as a residence for Don Ygnacio Palomares. It was abandoned in the 1880s and was left to the elements until it was acquired by the City of Pomona in the 1930s.
4.6 miE
Science museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont
118 min walk • The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology is a paleontology museum in Claremont, California, that is part of The Webb Schools. It is the only nationally accredited museum on a secondary school campus in the United States.
4.9 miSE
Museum, Art museum
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona
126 min walk • The American Museum of Ceramic Art is an art museum for ceramic art, located in Pomona, California. Founded in 2003 as a nonprofit organization, the museum exhibits historic and contemporary ceramic artwork from both its permanent collection of 10,000 objects and through temporary rotating exhibitions.
4.5 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Eastland Center, West Covina
116 min walk • Eastland Center, formerly Westfield Eastland/Eastland Shopping Center, is a shopping center in West Covina, California, currently managed by Pine Tree, LLC.
3.9 miS
Universities and schools
Cal Poly Pomona College of Letters, Pomona
100 min walk • The Cal Poly Pomona College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences is the humanities, social sciences, and performing arts college at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona located in Pomona, California, United States.
3.7 miS
Museum, History museum
Phillips Mansion, Pomona
94 min walk • The Phillips Mansion is a Second Empire style historic house in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. It was built in 1875 by Louis Phillips, who by the 1890s had become the wealthiest man in Los Angeles County.
3.2 miS
Modernist architecture
CLA Building, Pomona
83 min walk • The Classroom, Laboratory & Administration Building, commonly known simply as the CLA Building, is an abandoned building on the campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
4.1 miSE
Museum, History museum
La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose, Pomona
106 min walk • La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose is a historic adobe structure built in 1837 in Pomona, California. It is the oldest home located in the Pomona Valley and in the old Rancho San Jose land grant. It was declared a historic landmark in 1954 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in April 1975.