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Los Angeles Zoo

Los Angeles Zoo

1.61km from Griffith Park

A 133-acre (54 ha) zoo founded in 1966. Major attractions include botanical gardens, Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, Gorilla Reserve, and Elephants.

Autry Museum of the American West

Autry Museum of the American West

1.8km from Griffith Park

Dedicated to exploring an inclusive history of the American West. The museum presents a wide range of exhibitions and public programs, including lectures, film, theater, festivals, family events, and music, and performs scholarship, research, and educational outreach.

Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory

2.09km from Griffith Park

Commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory offers a close view of the Hollywood Sign and an extensive array of space and science-related displays. Admission has been free since the observatory's opening in 1935.

Travel Town Museum

Travel Town Museum

2.35km from Griffith Park

A railway museum focusing on the history of railroad transportation in the western United States from 1880 to the 1930s, with an emphasis on railroading in Southern California and the Los Angeles area.

Hollywood Sign

Hollywood Sign

2.53km from Griffith Park

American landmark and cultural icon overlooking Hollywood. "HOLLYWOOD" is spelled out in 45-foot (13.7 m) tall white capital letters and is 350 feet (106.7 m) long. Visitors can hike to the sign.

Hollyhock House

Hollyhock House

4.07km from Griffith Park

Hollyhock House was designed by America’s most important 20th-century architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was commissioned by oil heiress and theatre producer Aline Barnsdall. It was built between 1919 and 1921. Aline Barnsdall was also a philanthropist and in 1927 gave the house and the surrounding twelve acres atop Olive Hill (now Barnsdall Park) to the City of Los Angeles as a memorial to her father Theodore.

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood

4.16km from Griffith Park

This is a guided and walkthrough studio tour of Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank in Los Angeles. It offers visitors the chance to glimpse behind the scenes of one of the oldest film studios in the world over a two to three hour period. Explore the sets and soundstages that brought classic movies and TV shows like Casablanca, The Big Bang Theory, La La Land, Gilmore Girls, Friends and many more to life.

Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Hollywood Pantages Theatre

4.82km from Griffith Park

This is located at Hollywood and Vine, in Hollywood. It was the last theater built by the vaudeville impresario Alexander Pantages. The palatial Art Deco theater opened on June 4, 1930, as part of the Pantages Theatre Circuit. This venue celebrates the highest of quality and specializes in stage musicals and operas, some of the biggest Broadway productions have been held on it’s very stage including ‘West of The Rocky Mountains,’ and ‘Wicked.

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hollywood Walk of Fame

4.9km from Griffith Park

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of more than 2,700[1] five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California. It is a popular tourist destination, with an estimated 10 million annual visitors in 2010. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce holds trademark rights to the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood Bowl

4.94km from Griffith Park

Hollywood Bowl is the UK's best ten pin bowling alley. With a delicious food & drink menu and arcade games – there's something for everyone. It is known for its distinctive band shell, originally a set of concentric arches that graced the site from 1929 through 2003, before being replaced with a larger one to begin the 2004 season. The shell is set against the backdrop of the Hollywood Hills and the famous Hollywood Sign to the northeast.

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

5.3km from Griffith Park

Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California. It begins in the west as a winding residential street at Sunset Plaza Drive in the Hollywood Hills West district. After crossing Laurel Canyon Boulevard, it proceeds due east as a major thoroughfare through Hollywood, Little Armenia and Thai Town to Vermont Avenue. It then runs southeast to its eastern terminus at Sunset Boulevard in the Los Feliz district. Parts of the boulevard are popular tourist destinations.

Universal Studio Tour

Universal Studio Tour

5.39km from Griffith Park

The Studio Tour is a ride attraction at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in Universal City, California near Los Angeles. It is the theme park's signature attraction, it travels through a working film studio, with various film sets on the Universal Studios Lot. Guests sit in multi-car trams for the duration of the ride.

Musso & Frank Grill

Musso & Frank Grill

5.42km from Griffith Park

Musso & Frank Grill is a restaurant located at 6667-9 Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. It has served Hollywood's finest cuisine since 1919. Musso and Frank has maintained its classic decor and its classic steakhouse style menu, which includes such dishes as Welsh Rarebit, Lobster Thermidor, and chicken pot pie, available only on Thursdays.

Universal Studios Hollywood

Universal Studios Hollywood

5.45km from Griffith Park

A film studio and theme park. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood film studios still in use and is the first of many full-fledged Universal Studios Theme Parks located across the world.

The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter

The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter

5.47km from Griffith Park

Wizarding World is the new official home of Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts. It  is a chain of themed areas at Universal Parks & Resorts based on the Harry Potter media franchise, adapting elements from the Warner Bros.' film series and original novels by J. K. Rowling.The theme park includes attractions, restaurants, and shops themed around a recreation of Hogwarts Castle and Hogsmeade Village.

Universal CityWalk Hollywood

Universal CityWalk Hollywood

5.5km from Griffith Park

Universal CityWalk Hollywood is an entertainment hub for all ages. Whether you’re here to pick out new clothes or watch the latest blockbuster film, CityWalk offers endless options. Wander towards the park entrance, and you’ll notice pictures of many beloved characters from Universal films. Street performers and live bands are common sights to build excitement for visitors entering and leaving Universal Studios Hollywood.

The Hollywood Museum

The Hollywood Museum

5.67km from Griffith Park

This is the majestic museum, which has the most extensive collection of Hollywood memorabilia in the world. Its collection contains over 11,000 items, including costumes, props, stop motion figures, photographs, scripts, and other artifacts.

Hollywood & Highland

Hollywood & Highland

5.68km from Griffith Park

Hollywood & Highland is the entertainment center of Los Angeles for tourists and locals alike.The multilevel complex contains over 60 shops, superb restaurants, and the Dolby Theatre, home of the Oscars. For retail lovers, the mall is a shopping-spree dream come true. The historic site was once the home of the famed Hollywood Hotel. Located in the heart of Hollywood, along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it is among the most visited tourist destinations in Los Angeles.

Dolby Theatre

Dolby Theatre

5.68km from Griffith Park

Formerly known as the Kodak Theatre,is a live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. It was designed as a permanent home for the annual Academy Awards ceremony, and having opening in November 2001 has hosted The Oscars every year since. It is adjacent to the TCL Chinese Theatre and near the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

Walk Of Fame

Walk Of Fame

5.74km from Griffith Park

Comprises more than 2,600 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California. The stars are permanent public monuments to achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the names of a mix of musicians, actors, directors, producers, musical and theatrical groups, fictional characters, and others.

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Griffith Park

Griffith Park

4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA

A large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It covers around 4,310 acres of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. This park features a number of popular attractions such as the Los Angeles Zoo, the Autry Museum of the American West, the Griffith Observatory, and the Hollywood Sign. Due to its presence in many films, the park is among the most famous municipal parks in North America.