COAST RESORTS OF LOS ANGELES 



COUNTY 



THE Los Angeles County coast line contains a varied succession of 

 scenery. In addition it has this great advantage, that the beauties 

 of the beach and ocean may be enjoyed to perfection every month 

 in the year. Even at midwinter, v^hen the beaches on the Atlantic 

 Coast are deserted, numerous visitors may be seen at the Los Angeles 

 County resorts on a Sunday or holiday, enjoying a dip in the surf, or gather- 

 ing ocean treasures. Not only is the winter climate beyond all comparison 

 with that of the Eastern coast at the same time of year, but the summer 

 is also far more pleasant. On the coast line there is never an oppressively 

 warm day. 



The leading seaside resorts of Los Angeles County are Santa Monica, 

 Ocean Park, Venice, Redondo Beach, Long Beach, Terminal Island, and 

 Catalina Island. Santa Monica, which is reached in less than an hour by 

 a line of steam railroad and two electric roads, is a well-improved, pro- 

 gressive little town, with beautiful homes, fine beach, and many attractions 

 for summer visitors. Ocean Park, south of Santa Monica, is built up with 

 neat cottages for a couple of miles along the beach. Venice is a most 

 unique and attractive resort. Redondo has a large hotel; a wharf from 

 which fine fishing may be had; a swimming bath; and a pebble beach. 

 North of Redondo are the new resorts of Hermosa and Manhattan, with 

 a fine beach. San Pedro is more of a shipping port than a seaside resort. 

 The view from the high bluffs is very fine. Point Fermin lighthouse is 

 about three miles from town. Across the bay from San Pedro is Terminal 

 Island, a narrow spit of land, which, during the past few years, has become 

 popular with Los Angeles people, many of whom have built neat cottages. 

 This place has the advantage of the ocean on one side and the still water 

 of the bay on the other. Long Beach, a few miles east of San Pedro, 

 reached by steam and electric railroad, is a family resort, with one of the 

 finest stretches of hard, level beach on the coast, a pleasure wharf 1,600 

 feet in length, and a pavilion. Many improvements have been made here 

 during the past few years. Alamitos Beach, adjoining Long Beach, has a 

 high, breezy location on a bluff. During the past few years there has been 

 quite a boom in beach property, and half a dozen new resorts have been 

 laid out. 



Joyous thousands have hailed Santa Monica as Queen of the Surf. Made 

 easy of access by the suburban train service to Los Angeles, more fun has 

 been found in its breakers, more laughter heard along its fine beach, more 

 good fish dinners had at the Hotel Arcadia, more happy gallops, and more 

 flying spins along its magnificent avenues obtained, than at any other beach 

 In the southland. 



The North Beach bath-house is one of the most enjoyable bathing places 

 on the coast for those who want a bath a little warmer or a trifle different 

 from that afforded by the frolicsome old ocean. The new 1,400-foot 

 pleasure wharf is a really fine place from which to catch fish and a 

 tanned face. 



Young as it is, Venice is a complete and perfect little city. Its main 

 streets border broad sea-filled canals, miles in length and furnishing ample 

 boating facilities. Its main business street is arcaded like the Rue de Rivoli 

 of Paris. The auditorium, the pavilion, and the "ship hotel" are important 

 features. There is a great outdoor swimming pool, good fishing, and 

 endless amusements. 



