Rosecrans Avenue, Los Angeles

#364 among attractions in Los Angeles

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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. Rosecrans Avenue was originally named Drexel Avenue, and ran through the Rosecrans Rancho which is part of modern-day Gardena. ()

Coordinates: 33°54'13"N, 118°11'8"W

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Southeast Los Angeles (Compton)Los Angeles United States

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Rosecrans Avenue – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Watts Towers, Stonewood Center, Promenade at Downey.

3.2 miE
Museum, History museum, Postmodern architecture
Columbia Memorial Space Center, Los Angeles
81 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...
4 miNW
Steel towers with decorative elements
Watts Towers, Los Angeles
103 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.
4.4 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Stonewood Center, Los Angeles
112 min walk • Stonewood Center, sometimes referred to as Stonewood Mall, is a shopping mall located in Downey, California, which is one of the Gateway Cities of Southeastern Los Angeles County. It is located at the intersection of Firestone and Lakewood Boulevards, and it is from this intersection that the mall's name is derived.
3.4 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Promenade at Downey, Cerritos
88 min walk • The Promenade at Downey is a 77-acre 656,000-square-foot retail power center in Downey, California, built on the 1,500,000-square-foot mixed-use development on the site of the former Downey Studios, which before that was the site of a Boeing/NASA industrial complex, originally built in 1948 by North American Aviation.
3.7 miE
Museum
Los Angeles County Fire Museum, Cerritos
95 min walk • The Los Angeles County Fire Museum is a public museum dedicated to the history of the Los Angeles County Fire Department in Los Angeles County, California. The museum has some 60 antique fire engines in its collection, including fire engines from the 1860s through just-retired apparatus.
2.3 miNW
City, Area
Lynwood, Los Angeles
59 min walk • 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.
2.4 miW
Area
Compton, Los Angeles
62 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.
2.7 miNE
33°56'12"N • 118°9'43"W
Los Amigos Golf Course, Los Angeles
68 min walk • Golf
3.1 miSW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Dominguez Rancho Adobe, Los Angeles
80 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.
4.1 miNE
Area
Downey, Los Angeles
105 min walk • Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, 13 mi southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities. The city is the birthplace of the Apollo space program. It is also the home of the oldest operating McDonald's restaurant in the world.
4.1 miE
City, Area
Bellflower, Los Angeles
104 min walk • Bellflower is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was founded in 1906 and incorporated on September 3, 1957.