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Santa Monica ( Spanish for ' Saint Monica '; Spanish: Santa Mónica) is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California 's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. [11]
The springs were probably commonly called by the name Santa Monica by the turn of the 19th century. By the 1820s, the name Santa Monica was in use and the name's first official mention occurred in 1827 in the form of a grazing permit, [4] quickly followed by the grant filing for the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica in 1828.
Santa Susana Mountains, Simi Hills and Verdugo Mountains. The Santa Monica Mountains are a coastal mountain range in Southern California, next to the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Transverse Ranges. [1] The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area encompasses this mountain range.
The western border of Santa Monica, California, is the 3-mile (4.8 km) stretch of Santa Monica Bay.On its other sides, the city is bordered by various districts of Los Angeles: the northwestern border is Pacific Palisades, the eastern border is Brentwood north of Wilshire Boulevard and West Los Angeles south of Wilshire, the northeastern border is generally San Vicente Boulevard up to the ...
August 17, 1976 [1] The Santa Monica Pier is a large pier at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California, United States. It contains a small amusement park, concession stands, and areas for views and fishing. [2] [3] The pier is part of the greater Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area .
California Department of Parks and Recreation. Santa Monica Pier, Route 66 Sign. Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica. [1] [2] The beach is located along Pacific Coast Highway. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long and has parks, picnic areas, playgrounds, restrooms, as well as staffed lifeguard ...
Completion date. 1935. Location. Santa Monica, California, U.S. Coordinates. 34°01′00″N 118°30′05″W. / 34.016664°N 118.501376°W / 34.016664; -118.501376. Santa Monica (also known as Saint Monica) [1] is an Art Deco sculpture by Eugene Morahan (1869–1949) [2] installed in Santa Monica 's Palisades Park, overlooking the ...
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area containing many individual parks and open space preserves, located primarily in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. The SMMNRA is in the greater Los Angeles region, with two thirds of the parklands in northwest Los Angeles County, and ...