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Destinations · California

Southern California

CA · 34.0000, -117.0000

From Southern California, California, Byway's registries place 3 public land units and 80 campgrounds within 30 miles.

Understand

Southern California is famous for the movie industry around LA, and if you explore a bit you are bound to find "exotic" locales from many a movie that were filmed in Southern California due to the proximity. As sets within the studio zone within of central Los Angeles do not entitle compensation for travel expenses, they are used to represent locations all around the world.
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Day-trip loops

Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.

Loop 1 · 4 h window · 71 mi

3 h 57 loop · 4 stops · back by 12:57 PM.

  1. Glen Helen Regional Park · 45 min
  2. Primer Mcdonal's · 10 min
  3. San Bernardino County Museum · 60 min
  4. Crown Village Clock Tower · 10 min

Loop 2 · 8 h window · 198 mi

7 h 36 loop · 8 stops · back by 4:36 PM.

  1. Wildwood Rest Area · 30 min
  2. The Boy Scout · 30 min
  3. King's Crown · 10 min
  4. Hawaiian Gardens Veterans Memorial · 30 min
  5. Stairway Lookout · 15 min
  6. Rooster Rock · 15 min
  7. Apex Overlook · 15 min
  8. Panorama Point · 15 min

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Public land

Campgrounds

Named places

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