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Bolsa Chica State Beach

Bolsa Chica State Beach

0.22km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Bolsa Chica State Beach is a popular state beach, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to its location south of the community of Sunset Beach in Orange County. The beach extends 3 miles from Warner Avenue in Sunset Beach south to Seapoint Avenue, where the Huntington City Beach begins. Activities include surfing, sunbathing, play volleyball, and water sports. Tent camping is not allowed at Bolsa Chica State Beach. Fire rings are available.

Huntington Beach Pier

Huntington Beach Pier

5.96km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Huntington Beach Pier is one of the longest piers on the West Coast. It is well known for surfing, beautiful ocean views, and legendary bars.One of the main landmarks of Huntington Beach, also known as "Surf City, USA", the pier is the center of the city's prominent beach culture. A popular meeting place for surfers, the ocean waves here are enhanced by a natural effect caused by the edge-diffraction of open ocean swells around Catalina Island, creating consistent surf year-round.

Long Beach Museum of Art

Long Beach Museum of Art

13.3km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

The Long Beach Museum of Art stands for democracy, for the lawful freedom of a sovereign country.The museum features exhibitions of American decorative arts, early 2Oth Century European art, California Modernism and contemporary art, including video. It includes over 4,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative arts objects. Particular strengths include American decorative arts objects, early 20th century European art, California Modernism.

Orange County Museum of Art

Orange County Museum of Art

14.34km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

This is a modern and contemporary art museum presently operating in a temporary space at South Coast Plaza Village in Santa Ana, California. The museum's collection comprises more than 4,500 objects, with a concentration on the art of California and the Pacific Rim from the early 20th century to present. Exhibits include traditional paintings, sculptures, and photography, as well as new media in the form of video, digital, and installation art.

South Coast Plaza

South Coast Plaza

14.57km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

South Coast Plaza is a global shopping destination with more than 250 extraordinary boutiques, critically acclaimed restaurants a nd so more. Its 275 retailers represent the highest concentration of design fashion retail in the U.S., with the second highest sales-volume in California. The South Coast Plaza is the largest shopping mall in California and the 4th largest in the United States.

The Queen Mary

The Queen Mary

14.74km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

The RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard-White Star Line and was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland. It is home to a 343-room Art Deco Hotel, where guests relive the excitement of cruising in the style of the 1930's without ever leaving port. Now permanently docked, yet still afloat, the Queen Mary is a must-see attraction which offers a variety of things.

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)

15.14km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

The only Museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino Art. It is housed in a contemporary structure and is home to four galleries, a contemporary “project space” and an outdoor sculpture garden.Through ground-breaking exhibitions, educational programs and cultural events, MOLAA expands the knowledge and appreciation of modern and contemporary Latin American art and culture and promotes a cross-cultural dialogue.

Aquarium of the Pacific

Aquarium of the Pacific

15.77km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

The Aquarium features a collection of over 11,000 animals representing over 500 different species in exhibits ranging in size and capacity from about 5,000 to 350,000 gallons. Exhibits introduce the inhabitants and seascapes of the Pacific, while also focusing on specific conservation messages associated with each region. .

Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

16.72km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar is a tiki bar located at the Disneyland Hotel in the Disneyland Resort of Anaheim, California, that opened in May 2011. Named one of the top five tiki bars in Los Angeles by LA Weekly, Trader Sam's is one of many tiki bars gaining popularity throughout the United States, and even the world, in what some call tiki's "third wave". It is not to be confused with the San Francisco, California tiki bar Trad'r Sam founded in 1937.

Pixar Pal-A-Round – Swinging

Pixar Pal-A-Round – Swinging

16.73km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Pixar Pal-A-Round is a 150-foot-tall eccentric wheel at Disney California Adventure, at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. This eccentric wheel, differing from conventional Ferris wheels in that 16 of its 24 gondolas ride on interior rails so that they slide inward and outward as the wheel rotates. This results in a more intense experience, and motion sickness bags are provided in each gondola due to the disorienting nature of the ride.

Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland Hotel

16.78km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

A wonderful resort located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, owned by the Walt Disney Company and operated through their Parks, Experiences and Products division. Very little of the original hotel other than parking areas and service facilities survive, sitting outside of the perimeter created by the three remaining guest room towers. Original signs and other artifacts from several of the stores and restaurants demolished with the Plaza are on display in the hotel's employee cafeteria.

Incredicoaster

Incredicoaster

16.81km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

A majestic steel roller coaster at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim. It is the only roller coaster at the Disneyland Resort with an inversion, and is the fastest at the park with a top speed of 55 miles per hour. It is the longest inverting roller coaster in the world as of 2020.

Disney California Adventure Park

Disney California Adventure Park

16.84km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

This is a 72 acre theme park located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It is themed after the history and culture of California, which celebrates the adventure of the state through the use of various Disney, Pixar and Marvel Studios properties. According to the Themed Entertainment Association, the park hosted approximately 9.9 million guests in 2018, making it the 12th-most visited theme park in the world that year.

Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens Park

Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens Park

16.85km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens Park are themed neighborhoods at Disney California Adventure, based on that of Victorian boardwalks that were once found along the coast of California. Despite its name and the presence of a nearby man-made lake, Pixar Pier is not actually a pier, but a waterside area of the park. Incredicoaster sprawls across much of the area, with various other attractions and forms of entertainment scattered around it.

Knott's Soak City

Knott's Soak City

16.85km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Knott's Soak City Waterpark is a separately gated 15- acre water adventure park immediately adjacent to Knott's Berry Farm. It boasts 23 waterslides, a 750,000-gallon wave pool, and one of the world’s longest water park lazy rivers, Sunset River. The three-story Beach House features interactive fun in the form of 200 water guns, nozzles, sprayers and other surprises.

The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure

The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure

16.9km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure is a dark ride attraction based on the film The Little Mermaid, located in Paradise Gardens Park at Disney California Adventure. The Little Mermaid attraction takes you to the bottom of the ocean in clam shell cars, where the ride recaps Ariel’s journey from her father’s undersea kingdom to marrying Prince Eric.

Radiator Springs Racers

Radiator Springs Racers

16.91km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Radiator Springs Racers is an auto racing attraction inspired by the Disney·Pixar movie 'Cars' in Disney California Adventure Park. The attraction features a third-generation version of transport technology originally developed for the Test Track attraction at Epcot in Walt Disney World.The attraction takes guests in a six-person vehicle through encounters with characters from the film series Cars. Guests then race another vehicle through turns and hills, ending with a randomized race result.

Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

16.93km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

This stunning hotel offers premium accommodations and rich dining experiences in American Craftsman style and elegance. This luxury hotel is designed to celebrate the early 20th Century Arts and Crafts era, showcasing the once-dominant architectural style of California. It also features a Disney Vacation Club wing that opened on September 23, 2009.The hotel has an entrance to Disney California Adventure park, located at the Grizzly Peak area.

Balboa Island

Balboa Island

16.96km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Balboa Island was originally a sandbar that developer William S. Collins turned into an island between 1905 and 1913. It is accessible to the public via bridge, ferry and several public docks. It is home to local small businesses including restaurants, bakeries, fishing & tackle, and local crafts. The island also has a fire station and a post office. The community is surrounded by a paved concrete boardwalk open to pedestrian traffic, designated as a public walking trail by the city.

Grizzly River Run

Grizzly River Run

16.96km from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Grizzly River Run is a thrilling whitewater raft adventure in Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. The attraction's name comes from Grizzly Peak, the bear shaped mountain that the rapids flow around. It would be themed after the history and culture of California and would feature various attractions, such as California Screamin', Soarin' and Maliboomer. The park would also feature a river rapids ride named Grizzly River Run.

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Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

18000 CA-1, Huntington Beach, CA 92648, USA

A nature reserve to protect a coastal wetland, and its resident threatened and endangered species.