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Southern California Defined

Southern California doesn't have any official boundaries. It's generally considered the area locked in by the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, the Colorado River and the Tehachapi Mountains. If you need more specific guidelines, think of SoCal as San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

Southern California has a reputation for endless sunny days and movie stars, tempered with massive traffic congestion and a bit of gang violence. Truth is, Sunny SoCal's probably not too different from a lot of other places around the world -- except we have Disneyland, Hollywood, Universal Studios, South Coast Plaza, Manhattan Beach, California rolls...well OK maybe we are different here. But in a good way. And once you get here, you might realize that all those famous attractions are outnumbered by lesser known sites and sounds that are just as entertaining. So plan your trip around the big stuff, but don't be surprised if you get distracted by funnel cakes, football games, sunsets or fast food.

Generally speaking, us Californians are a flighty, self-oriented bunch. While you're here, you can enjoy a little of the same.

Southern California Maps

Southern California Illustrated Travel Maps

Discovery Maps are the best travel maps around. Illustrated Discovery Maps feature descriptions, links and locations of hotels, shops, restaurants and entertainment venues.

Southern California Road Maps

Maybe you aren't the illustrated map type and that's OK too. So here's our selection of the best, non-illustrated Southern California maps available online.

Disneyland hotel map
LA/Orange County map (have your reading glasses handy!)
San Diego map
Map of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
Sigalert.com (the essential resource for navigating Southern California highways. Choose an area and view highway maps with current traffic information)
Downtown Los Angeles (includes University of Southern California)
CityPass Map of Hollywood Attractions

Southern California Transportation

Southern California Car, Shuttle & Limo Rentals

Automobile is the transportation of choice in Southern California. If you hadn't planned on renting a car, you might want to rethink those plans---because it's tough to get from Disneyland to the San Diego Zoo if you don't have your own wheels. Rental cars are available at every airport from several well-known brands like Hertz, Enterprise, Avis, Budget, etc.

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You can also rent a limo, chauffeured town car or an airport shuttle to take you where you need to go. A limo is the coolest way to experience Southern California, but shuttles and town cars will get you there too.

Southern California Airports

LAX is the best-known commercial airport in Southern California, and has the advantage of offering flights to almost anywhere at almost anytime. But no one ever woke up and said, "I can't wait to fly through LAX today!" Depending on where you're coming from, you might be able to avoid the crowds and save some time by coming through one of Southern California's smaller airports. Here are the options, listed by location from north to south. Links to the official airport sites are listed at the left.

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SBA: Santa Barbara Airport in Santa Barbara

BUR: Bob Hope Airport in Burbank (LA County)

LAX: Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles

ONT: Ontario International Airport in Ontario (San Bernardino County)

LGB: Long Beach Airport in Long Beach (South LA County)

SNA: John Wayne International Airport in Santa Ana (Orange County)

PSP: Palm Springs International Airport in Palm Springs (Riverside County)

SAN: San Diego International Airport in San Diego

Metro Rail

The Metro Rail system consists of five colored lines: Red, Purple, Blue, Green and Orange. Fares are inexpensive and the system provides decent coverage of the LA region. Stops include Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Downtown LA, North Hollywood, and Pasadena. Avoid the Metro system during commuting hours; the Blue Line in particular gets really crowded between 7am and 8am and between 5pm and 6 pm. Click here to see the system map.

Southern California Train Service

Amtrak provides train service throughout Southern California and the country. Rail travel isn't as popular in the U.S. as it is in Europe, but it's still an inexpensive way to get around. Amtrak has routes than run within Southern California and routes that link Southern California to other parts of the country. If you're looking for a coastal tour of Southern California, consider the Pacific Surfliner: It runs from Paso Robles to San Diego. See all of Amtrak's California routes here.

Union Station

The Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, also known as Union Station, is a major hub for rail, light rail and subway travel in the LA area. Wikipedia's Union Station page provides a pretty extensive list of the public transportation services that run through Union Station. Travelers should note that the FlyAway Bus provides inexpensive, non-stop service between Union Station and LAX. Union Station is located at 801 Vignes Street in Los Angeles.