Museum of Contemporary Art
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Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 137 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Chas' Stainless Steel Mark Thompson's Airplane Parts, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is a contemporary art museum which has two locations in Los Angeles. The main museum is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The second location is MOCA's original space, initially intended as a temporary exhibit space while the main facility was built. It is now known as the Geffen Contemporary and is located in the Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles. Between 2000 and 2019, it operated a satellite facility at the Pacific Design Center facility in West Hollywood. The museum's exhibits consist primarily of American and European contemporary art created after 1940. As of 2026, the museum's collection included nearly 8,000 objects. Since the museum's inception, MOCA's programming has been defined by its multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary art.
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Dates from 1979.
Wikidata Q1134646, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 27.8 m
- Elevation
- 137.1 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chas' Stainless Steel Mark Thompson's Airplane Parts: 0.0 mi
- Uptown Rocker: 0.2 mi
- Evolution of Los Angeles: 0.2 mi
- Bell Communications Around the Globe: 0.2 mi
- Joseph Scott: 0.3 mi
- California Plaza Park: 0.1 mi
- Angels Knoll Park: 0.2 mi
- Biddy Mason Park: 0.3 mi
- Gloria Molina Grand Park: 0.3 mi
- Maguire Gardens: 0.3 mi
- The Broad Museum: 0.1 mi
- Gallery at REDCAT: 0.1 mi
- Dataland: 0.1 mi
- The Latino Museum: 0.4 mi
- Union Center for the Arts: 0.6 mi
- Angels Flight: 0.1 mi
- Spanish Steps: 0.3 mi
- Skyspace LA: 0.3 mi
- Spring Arcade Building: 0.5 mi
- James Irvine Japanese Garden: 0.7 mi
- Blue Ribbon Garden: 0.2 mi
- Fredric Roberts Garden: 0.3 mi
- California Friendly® Demonstration Garden: 0.3 mi
- Blue Ribbon Garden: 0.3 mi
- California Friendly® Demonstration Garden: 0.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 0.2 mi
- Christopher Columbus statue: 0.3 mi
- Ukrainian genocide memorial: 0.3 mi
- El Paseo de los Pobladores de Los Angeles: 0.3 mi
- George Washington statue: 0.3 mi
- Elysian Park: 2.1 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 3.8 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 3.8 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 4.0 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Maltman peak: 2.8 mi
- Silverlake peak: 2.9 mi
- Micheltorena peak: 3.1 mi
- Flat Point Park: 3.3 mi
- Ronda Vista: 3.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 5.0 mi
- Joe Klass Water Stop: 5.3 mi
- Sycamore Glen: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Park Center: 5.9 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 12.6 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 13.0 mi
- Millard Falls: 13.0 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 13.1 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 13.1 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 11.9 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 16.0 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 16.8 mi
- Fascination Spring: 17.0 mi
- Eagle Spring: 18.5 mi
- Mother's Beach: 12.8 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 14.1 mi
- Palisades Beach: 15.2 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 17.3 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 17.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 15.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.4 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 23.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 1.1 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Museum of Contemporary Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gabriel Peak | NNE 33° | 1,878 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNE 32° | 1,819 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NNE 29° | 1,807 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNE 30° | 1,767 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Markham | NE 34° | 1,746 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NE 43° | 1,737 m | 16.0 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NE 37° | 1,736 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NE 34° | 1,699 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/206463626
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles · 1 mi
- Los Angeles/Downtown · 1 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 2 mi
- Los Angeles/Eastside · 3 mi
- Huntington Park · 5 mi
- Los Angeles/South · 5 mi
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