Space Flight Operations Facility, La Cañada Flintridge

Name: Space Flight Operations Facility
Address: La Cañada Flintridge, United States

#14 among attractions in La Cañada Flintridge

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The Space Flight Operations Facility is a building containing a control room and related computing and communications equipment areas at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. NASA's Deep Space Network is operated from this facility. The SFOF has monitored and controlled all interplanetary and deep space exploration for NASA and other international space agencies since 1963. The facility also acted as a backup communications facility for Apollo missions. ()

Coordinates: 34°12'3"N, 118°10'28"W

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Space Flight Operations Facility – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rose Bowl Stadium, Brookside Golf Course, Descanso Gardens, Lake Avenue.

2.8 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Rose Bowl Stadium, Los Angeles
71 min walk • Nestled within the picturesque city of Pasadena, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, the Rose Bowl Stadium stands as an iconic sports venue with a storied past and a vibrant present. Opened in October 1922, this legendary stadium has become synonymous with American...
2.5 miS
Golf
Brookside Golf Course, Los Angeles
65 min walk • Brookside Golf Course is a municipal golf facility located in Pasadena, California, United States. Adjacent to the Rose Bowl stadium in the city's Arroyo Seco Natural Park, the 36-hole facility offers the C.W. Koiner Course and the shorter E.O. Nay Course, divided by the concrete-channeled Arroyo Seco.
2.2 miW
Botanical garden, Park, Garden
Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge
55 min walk • Descanso Gardens is a 150-acre botanical garden located in La Cañada Flintridge, Los Angeles County, California. Descanso gardens features a wide area, mostly forested, with artificial streams, ponds, and lawns.
2.9 miSE
Shopping, Shopping district
Lake Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge
75 min walk • Lake Avenue is a major north–south feeder road for the Pasadena and Altadena communities in Los Angeles County, California.
1.2 miNW
34°12'52"N • 118°11'13"W
La Canada Flintridge Country Club, La Cañada Flintridge
31 min walk • Golf
1.8 miW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Lanterman House, La Cañada Flintridge
47 min walk • Lanterman House is a bungalow-style historic house museum in La Cañada Flintridge, California on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was commissioned by Dr. Roy Lanterman in 1915 and was built by A. L. Haley, who was a prominent builder of both residences and commercial buildings in the Los Angeles area.
2.3 miE
Street
Christmas Tree Lane, La Cañada Flintridge
60 min walk • Christmas Tree Lane is a 0.7-mile boulevard of deodar cedar trees in Altadena, California. The trees on the Lane, Santa Rosa Avenue, have been lighted annually as a Christmas Holiday display since 1920.
2.2 miS
Museum, Modernist architecture
ArtCenter College of Design, La Cañada Flintridge
58 min walk • Art Center College of Design is a private art college in Pasadena, California.
3.2 miSW
34°9'35"N • 118°11'56"W
Scholl Canyon Golf Course, Los Angeles
82 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities
3.3 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sam Merrill Trail, Angeles National Forest
85 min walk • The Sam Merrill Trail is a major hiking trail in the Las Flores Canyon of the San Gabriel Mountain Range north of Altadena, California, which leads to the top of Echo Mountain. It was built by Charles Warner and the Forest Conservation Club of Pasadena during the 1930s.
2.5 miE
Victorian architecture, Italianate architecture
Woodbury–Story House, La Cañada Flintridge
64 min walk • The Woodbury–Story House is a National Register of Historic Places structure in Altadena, California. It was placed on the Register in 1993 for its significance as an example of Italianate and Colonial Revival architecture styles and its association with Capt. Frederick Woodbury, one of the founders of Altadena.

Space Flight Operations Facility, La Cañada Flintridge

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Space Flight Operations Facility – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)