WayfarrowMotordrome
Ghost town · Los Angeles County, California
Motordrome is a ghost town in Los Angeles County, California. It is one of 29 former communities in Los Angeles County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Motordrome as a historical populated place on the Venice topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.9686° N, 118.4392° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Venice |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 9 ft |
| Nearest living town | Marina del Rey, CA |
| Distance to it | 0.9 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1669995 |
| Coordinates | 33.96862, -118.43924 |
What's there now
Motordrome is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marina del Rey, CA (population 8,844), about 0.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 9 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Machadoghost town · Los Angeles County · 1.2 mi
- Holtonghost town · Los Angeles County · 1.5 mi
- Palisades Del Reyghost town · Los Angeles County · 2 mi
- Hyperionghost town · Los Angeles County · 3 mi
- Old Chinatownghost town · Los Angeles County · 13.1 mi
- Edendaleghost town · Los Angeles County · 13.3 mi
- Point Vicente Lightlighthouse · Los Angeles County · 15.8 mi
- Runnymede Poultry Colonyghost town · Los Angeles County · 17.7 mi
- Gaspurghost town · Los Angeles County · 18 mi
- Weeks Poultry Colonyghost town · Los Angeles County · 18.4 mi
- Wahooghost town · Los Angeles County · 19 mi
- Malibu Mar Vistaghost town · Los Angeles County · 19.8 mi
Questions
Where is Motordrome?
Motordrome is in Los Angeles County, California, at 33.9686, -118.4392.
How many ghost towns are in Los Angeles County?
Los Angeles County, California has 29 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.