Destinations · California
Pasadena
CA · 34.1630, -118.1300
From Pasadena, California, Byway's registries place 1 scenic byway, 2 public land units and 28 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Understand
Pasadena is located at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, just northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Over a million people flock to Pasadena every year after Christmas, as visitors come from all over to decorate and view the floats, and to attend one of the most famous college football bowl games of the year. Pasadena also boasts the renowned California Institute of Technology, whose alumni and faculty have garnered 32 Nobel Prizes.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 · 2 mi · national
Public land
- Angeles National Forest · 2 mi
- San Bernardino National Forest · 27 mi
Campgrounds
- Spring Camp Campground · 9 mi
- Glenn Camp Campground (Hike or bike in 7 miles) · 12 mi
- Monte Cristo Campground · 12 mi
- Chilao Campground · 13 mi
- Bandido Group Campground · 14 mi
- Horse Flat Campground · 14 mi
- Lightning Point Group Campground · 15 mi
- Messenger Flats Campground · 15 mi
Lookouts
- Point Grandview · 8 mi
Named places
- USC Pacific Asia Museum · 1 mi
- Pasadena Robinson Memorial · 1 mi
- Armenian Genocide Memorial · 1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial · 1 mi
- Defenders of the Union · 1 mi
- Boone Sculpture Garden · 1 mi
- Memorial Wall · 1 mi
- The Big Bang Theory Rooftop · 2 mi
A day out of Pasadena, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- San Marino · 3 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 4 mi
- South Pasadena · 4 mi
- San Gabriel · 5 mi
- Alhambra · 6 mi
- Arcadia · 6 mi