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Things to Do Elsewhere in Long Beach

By Kayte Deioma, About.com



Long Beach Museum of Art - bluff-top museum overlooking the beach has rotating exhibits from the permanent collection as well as touring exhibits. Has a nice café with an ocean view. Free Fridays.
Address: 2300 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90803
Phone: (562) 439-2119
Website: www.lbma.org

Rancho Los Alamitos- Tucked between California State University, Long Beach and a gated community, this is the last remaining corner of a massive Spanish land grant in 1784 which today serves as a living history museum including six agricultural buildings, working blacksmith shop, gardens and a rambling adobe ranch built in 1800. Address: 6400 Bixby Hill Road, Long Beach, California 90815
Phone: (562) 431-3541
Website: www.rancholosalamitos.com

Rancho Los Cerritos - Built in 1844, this is one of the last remaining two-story adobe structures still in existence in Southern California
Address: 4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach, CA 90807
Phone: (562) 570-1755
Website: www.rancholoscerritos.org

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University, Long Beach
Address: Earl Warren Drive, Long Beach, CA
Phone: (562) 985-8885
Website: www.csulb.edu/~jgarden/

The Pyramid – one of three pyramid shaped structures in the United States, this striking blue structure is used for sporting events, conferences, weddings, etc.
Address: Atherton at Miriam Way
Phone: (562) 985-4949 Box Office
Website: Official Website

El Dorado Park Nature Center- wildlife habitat with marked trails and Nature Center at El Dorado Regional Park
Address: 7550 E. Spring St. Phone: (562) 570-1745 Website: Official Website

Gondola Getaway - A romantic one-hour Alamitos Bay cruise on an authentic Italian gondola, complete with gondolier (who will croon upon request) and complimentary food basket.
Address: 5437 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California
Phone: (562) 433-9595
Website: www.gondolagetawayinc.com

Long Beach Windsurf Center – windsurfing lessons and water sport supplies and inline skates
Address: 3850 E. Ocean Blvd. at Livingston Drive, Long Beach, California
Phone: (562) 433-1014
Website: www.windsurfcenter.com

Leeway Sailing Center – Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine facility offering sailing, kayaking and canoeing lessons
Address: 5437 E. Ocean Blvd. near 54th Place, Long Beach, California
Phone: 570-1719
Website: Official Website

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