South Coast Metro, Santa Ana

#9 among attractions in Santa Ana

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The South Coast Metro is a district in Orange County, California within the cities of Santa Ana and Costa Mesa. The area is a dense mix of residential, office, and retail developments that spreads out from the South Coast Plaza mall. It forms part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city, a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional central business district. The edge city's area is defined to include John Wayne Airport, the Irvine Business Complex, The District and The Market Place shopping centers, and the University of California, Irvine campus. This larger definition extends into Newport Beach, Irvine, and Tustin. ()

Coordinates: 33°42'0"N, 117°52'60"W

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South Coast Metro – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: South Coast Plaza, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Fairgrounds Grandstand Arena, Pao Fa Temple.

0.7 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa
18 min walk • South Coast Plaza is a regional shopping mall in Costa Mesa, California. The largest shopping center on the West Coast of the United States, its pre-COVID sales of over $1.5 billion annually were the highest in the United States.
0.5 miS
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa
13 min walk • The Segerstrom Center for the Arts is a performing arts complex located in Costa Mesa, California, United States, which opened in 1986. The Center's Segerstrom Hall and Judy Morr Theater were designed by Charles Lawrence and opened in 1986.
2.4 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Fairgrounds Grandstand Arena, Costa Mesa
61 min walk • The Fairgrounds Grandstand Arena is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California. It was home to the Orange County Buzz basketball team of the American Basketball Association.
3.1 miE
Temple, Sacred and religious sites
Pao Fa Temple, Irvine
80 min walk • Pao Fa Temple is one of the largest Buddhist monasteries and Buddhist temples in the United States. It is located in Irvine, California. It mainly attracts Taiwanese American, Chinese American and Vietnamese American Buddhists, including many who are students at the University of California, Irvine.
2.6 miSW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Concert hall
Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa
67 min walk • The Pacific Amphitheatre is an amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California. The amphitheatre is located on the grounds of the OC Fair & Event Center.
1.9 miS
Museum, Specialty museum
Lyon Air Museum, Santa Ana
50 min walk • The Lyon Air Museum is an aerospace museum located on the west side of the John Wayne Airport in unincorporated Orange County, California, United States.
3.1 miSE
Park, Garden
UCI Arboretum, Irvine
79 min walk • The University of California, Irvine Arboretum is a 12.5 acres botanical garden and arboretum, part of the University of California, Irvine in Irvine, California. It is located north of the main UCI campus, on Campus Drive in Irvine, near the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary and the Upper Newport Bay.
2 miS
Church
St. James Anglican Church, Newport Beach
51 min walk • St. James Anglican Church is a parish church in Costa Mesa, California in the Diocese of Western Anglicans of the Anglican Church in North America.
3.2 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
The District, Irvine
83 min walk • The District is a large outdoor shopping center and entertainment hub in Tustin, California. It was developed by Vestar Development Co. and was the largest shopping center in Orange County to open in more than a decade when it opened in 2007.
0.6 miS
33°41'31"N • 117°52'59"W
South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa
15 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
3.3 miN
Museum
CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana
84 min walk • California State University, Fullerton Grand Central Art Center is a partnership between the university and the city of Santa Ana. and is based in the Downtown National Register District or Artists Village.