Lynwood, Los Angeles

Name: Lynwood
Address: Los Angeles, United States

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Lynwood is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 69,772, down from 69,845 at the 2000 census. Lynwood is located near South Gate and Compton in the central portion of the Los Angeles Basin. Incorporated in 1921, the city is named for Lynn Wood Sessions, wife of a local dairyman, Charles Sessions. The local railroad siding and later Pacific Electric Railway station were named after the dairy. ()

Alternative names: Area: 4.84 mi²Coordinates: 33°55'44"N, 118°12'40"W

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Southeast Los Angeles (Lynwood)Los Angeles United States

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Nearby attractions include: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Watts Towers, Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, The Bicycle Hotel & Casino.

4.5 miE
Museum, History museum, Postmodern architecture
Columbia Memorial Space Center, Los Angeles
114 min walk • The Columbia Memorial Space Center is a vibrant educational facility nestled in the heart of Los Angeles, dedicated to igniting a community's passion for science and space exploration. This museum serves as a fitting tribute to the space shuttle Columbia and its crew...
1.8 miW
Steel towers with decorative elements
Watts Towers, Los Angeles
48 min walk • The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artist's original residential property in Watts, Los Angeles.
3.9 miW
Bridge
Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, Los Angeles
101 min walk • The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is a stack interchange near the Athens and Watts communities of Los Angeles, California, United States.
3.6 miNE
Nightlife, Gambling, Casino
The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, Los Angeles
93 min walk • The Bicycle Hotel & Casino is a poker cardroom in California. Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, The Bicycle Casino offers a selection of poker games and Asian games, with a wide range of limits.
2.3 miSE
Street
Rosecrans Avenue, Los Angeles
59 min walk • Rosecrans Avenue is a major west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, USA. It has a total length of 27.5 miles. The street is named after U.S. Union General William S. Rosecrans, who purchased 13,000 acres of Rancho Sausal Redondo southwest of Los Angeles in 1869.
3.8 miN
Shopping, Shopping district
Pacific Boulevard, Los Angeles
98 min walk • Pacific Boulevard is a street and principal commercial thoroughfare in the city of Huntington Park, California and the Los Angeles County neighborhood of Walnut Park.
2.5 miS
Area
Compton, Los Angeles
65 min walk • Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles. Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and, on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city in California to incorporate.
4.3 miN
City, Area
Maywood, Los Angeles
111 min walk • Maywood is a small Gateway city in Los Angeles County. At 1.18 square miles, Maywood is the third-smallest incorporated city in Los Angeles County.
2.9 miE
33°56'12"N • 118°9'43"W
Los Amigos Golf Course, Los Angeles
73 min walk • Golf
4.3 miS
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Dominguez Rancho Adobe, Los Angeles
110 min walk • The Dominguez Rancho Adobe is California Historical Landmark Number 152, and in 1976 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
3.7 miN
City, Area
Huntington Park, Los Angeles
95 min walk • Huntington Park is a city in the Gateway Cities district of southeastern Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 58,114, of whom 97% are Hispanic/Latino and about half were born outside the U.S.