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Playa-Del-Rey

Del Rey Lagoon

The Lagoon beside the beach

Latitude

33° 57' 36.00"

Longitude

-119° 32' 60.00"

Del Rey Lagoon is a 14-acre park in the beach neighborhood of Playa Del Rey. This park features lighted baseball fields, basketball courts, and playground. There is a parking lot availability for visitors.

Ballona Wetlands

Ecological Preserve

Latitude

33° 57' 56.16"

Longitude

-119° 33' 38.52"

Ballona contains a complex mosaic of habitats defined mainly by hydrology, including wetland habitats, such as brackish and freshwater marshes, seasonally flooded freshwater wetlands, salt pans, riparian and upland habitats, like coastal sage scrub and sand dunes. Many wildlife species, especially birds, utilize more than one habitat type – thus the juxtaposition of these habitats next to one another, also known as heterogeneity, which is important for biodiversity.

Bluff Trail

The western extension of the Bluff Creek trail

Latitude

33° 57' 53.28"

Longitude

-119° 34' 21.76"

A short 1.5 mile trail located just west of LMU along the bluff beside the One Westbluff neighborhood. This trail has views of the ocean, the marina and the Ballonas Ecological Preserve.

Bluff Creek Trail

AKA LMU Trail, AKA Westchester fireroad trail

Latitude

33° 58' 31.08"

Longitude

-119° 35' 17.16"

The Bluff Creek trail is a nice mostly flat partially paved/dirt path that traverses the bluff just under LMU. Recommended as a loop with a couple mile trail and then couple miles walking in Playa Vista through Oberrieder park.