WayfarrowPalisades Del Rey
Ghost town · Los Angeles County, California
Palisades Del Rey 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 Palisades Del Rey 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 33.9403° N, 118.4379° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Venice |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 139 ft |
| Nearest living town | El Segundo, CA |
| Distance to it | 2.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1670003 |
| Coordinates | 33.94029, -118.43785 |
What's there now
Palisades Del Rey is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is El Segundo, CA (population 16,863), about 2.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 139 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
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- Hyperionghost town · Los Angeles County · 1 mi
- Motordromeghost town · Los Angeles County · 2 mi
- Machadoghost town · Los Angeles County · 3.1 mi
- Point Vicente Lightlighthouse · Los Angeles County · 13.8 mi
- Old Chinatownghost town · Los Angeles County · 14 mi
- Edendaleghost town · Los Angeles County · 14.6 mi
- Gaspurghost town · Los Angeles County · 16.6 mi
- Point Fermin Lightlighthouse · Los Angeles County · 18.2 mi
- Lions Lighthouselighthouse · Los Angeles County · 18.7 mi
- Los Angeles Harbor Lightlighthouse · Los Angeles County · 19.3 mi
- Runnymede Poultry Colonyghost town · Los Angeles County · 19.6 mi
Questions
Where is Palisades Del Rey?
Palisades Del Rey is in Los Angeles County, California, at 33.9403, -118.4379.
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.