Culver City
The little town that made The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, and most of Hollywood's golden age.
- Distance
- ~3 miles
- Time
- 2.5 hours
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Bring
- Sunglasses
- Stops
- 12
- Walk total
- 9.3 mi · ~199 min
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- 01
Sony Pictures Main Gate
"Begin at the gate that used to say MGM. Find the Madison Avenue entrance and look for the colonnade."
34.01790, -118.40110Pin on map - 580 m · ~8 min · head NE from stop 102
Culver Hotel
"Six-story flatiron Renaissance Revival. Find the brass plaque about the Munchkins."
34.02110, -118.39610Pin on map - 520 m · ~7 min · head WNW from stop 203
Culver Studios Mansion
"Walk Washington Boulevard. Find the white colonial mansion behind the gate."
34.02330, -118.40110Pin on map - 560 m · ~7 min · head ESE from stop 304
Town Plaza Fountain
"Triangular plaza, water feature, palm trees. Find the bronze pavers naming local film history."
34.02190, -118.39530Pin on map - 0.6 mi · ~14 min · head ENE from stop 405
Helms Bakery District
"Long horizontal Art Deco block. Find the original neon sign that says 'Olympic Games 1932'."
34.02580, -118.38530Pin on map - 2.2 mi · ~47 min · head SW from stop 506
Culver City Stairs (lower)
"Find the trailhead at Hetzler & Jefferson. Climb the first hundred steps. Turn around for the view."
34.00140, -118.40970Pin on map - 2.1 mi · ~46 min · head NE from stop 607
Hal Roach Studios Marker
"Where Laurel and Hardy worked. There's no studio anymore — just a plaque on the corner of National and Washington."
34.02690, -118.38860Pin on map - 800 m · ~11 min · head SW from stop 708
Kirk Douglas Theatre
"Restored 1947 movie palace, now a live theater. Find the year carved above the marquee."
34.02140, -118.39420Pin on map - 370 m · ~5 min · head NNW from stop 809
Ivy Substation
"A small Spanish Revival building converted to a black box theater. Find the old electrical insulators on the roof."
34.02470, -118.39500Pin on map - 370 m · ~5 min · head S from stop 910
The Cabrillo Plaza
"Bronze relief mural showing Culver's film history. Find the panel with the lion."
34.02140, -118.39560Pin on map - 1.2 mi · ~25 min · head SSW from stop 1011
Vets Auditorium
"Spanish-style civic auditorium. Find the year carved on the corner."
34.00670, -118.40610Pin on map - 1.1 mi · ~25 min · head NNE from stop 1112
Jazz at the Culver Hotel (return)
"End where you began. Inside the lobby, in the velvet booth in the back corner."
34.02110, -118.39610Pin on map