Beach Cities

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Beach Cities
Location of Beach Cities (Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach) in Los Angeles County, California
State	California
County	Los Angeles County
City	City of Hermosa Beach, California
Area
• Total	22.69 sq mi (58.80 km²)
• Land	11.64 sq mi (30.17 km²)
• Water	11.05 sq mi (28.63 km²) 48.70%

The three Beach Cities are Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach,^[1] which lie on the south end of the Santa Monica Bay west and south of downtown Los Angeles, north of the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the Pacific Ocean in Southern California.

All three are renowned for their beaches and all three have municipal piers. They are popular with swimmers, surfers, bodyboarders and other beachgoers. The strand runs along the beaches and is used for cycling, running and rollerblading. The three cities share the Beach Cities Transit district.

Gallery

The Manhattan Beach pier.
The Hermosa Beach pier.
The Redondo Beach pier.

References

↑ James Osborne; Marilyn Ron; Jerry Roberts (16 September 2009). The South Bay. Arcadia Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7385-6905-5. Retrieved 15 September 2012.

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Central city	Los Angeles

Counties	Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino Ventura

Satellite cities	Long Beach Riverside San Bernardino

Cities >200k	Anaheim Irvine Santa Ana

Cities and towns 100k–200k	Burbank Corona Costa Mesa Downey East Los Angeles El Monte Fontana Fullerton Garden Grove Glendale Huntington Beach Inglewood Lancaster Moreno Valley Murrieta Norwalk Ontario Orange Oxnard Palmdale Pasadena Pomona Rancho Cucamonga Santa Clarita Simi Valley Temecula Thousand Oaks Torrance Ventura Victorville West Covina

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Bodies of water	Los Angeles River Aliso Creek Arroyo Seco Ballona Creek Bell Creek Big Bear Lake Coyote Creek Lake Arrowhead Lake Gregory Lake Perris Lake Piru Malibu Creek Mojave River Pyramid Lake Rio Hondo San Gabriel River San Juan Creek San Pedro Bay Santa Ana River Santa Clara River Santa Margarita River Santa Monica Bay Soda Lake

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Counties	Los Angeles Orange County San Diego Ventura

Cities and towns 1,000,000+	Los Angeles San Diego

Cities and towns 200k-500k	Anaheim Chula Vista Glendale Huntington Beach Irvine Oxnard Santa Ana

Sub-regions	Beach Cities Central San Diego Downtown Los Angeles East County Gateway Cities North County North Orange Palos Verdes Pomona Valley San Fernando Valley San Gabriel Valley South Bay L.A. South Bay S.D. South Los Angeles South Orange Westside Wilshire

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Beach Cities

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References