The map above is centered on Los Angeles, United States, near downtown Los Angeles, with a default 10 mi radius. Drag to move it, search for a different address, or change the radius and unit using the controls.
A 10-mile radius from downtown Los Angeles reaches Hollywood, Culver City, Glendale, and East LA, but Santa Monica (~14 mi west) and Long Beach (~23 mi south) sit outside. LA is one of the most spread-out cities in the world, which makes drive time matter far more than straight-line distance. Use this page for radius work; for honest commute or service planning, switch to the Drive Time Map.
Greater Los Angeles spans roughly 500 square miles of basin and valley, so a 10-mile radius from downtown is genuinely "central LA" — Hollywood is in, but Santa Monica and Long Beach are not.
Also known as: LA, L.A., City of Angels.
Real coverage at the most-searched radii, including notable places that fall just outside the circle. Use these as ground truth before relying on a circle for real-estate, retail, or service-area decisions.
A 1-mile radius from downtown LA covers the historic Civic Center, the Arts District, Little Tokyo, parts of Chinatown, and the financial core around Bunker Hill.
A 5-mile radius reaches Echo Park, Silver Lake (just barely), Boyle Heights, USC, Exposition Park, and the eastern edge of Koreatown. Hollywood is still about 2 miles outside.
A 10-mile radius from downtown captures most of central LA — Hollywood, West Hollywood, Culver City, Glendale, Pasadena (just barely), and Inglewood. Santa Monica and the South Bay sit outside.
A 25-mile radius covers most of LA County's urban basin — from Santa Monica and Marina del Rey on the west, to Long Beach in the south, and the San Fernando Valley to the north. The South Bay and most of LAX-adjacent neighborhoods are inside.
A 50-mile radius from downtown LA pulls in most of Orange County, the Inland Empire as far as Riverside, the high desert just past Lancaster, and Malibu and the Channel Islands coast. The full Greater LA + OC + IE megalopolis fits inside.
City-specific scenarios where a radius is the right tool — and the typical radius sizes professionals use.
A 15-mile straight-line radius from a downtown office can mean a 25-minute drive or a 90-minute crawl, depending on direction and time of day. LA buyers should always validate radius results against the drive-time map before committing.
Typical radius: 10–20 mi straight-line, then narrow with drive-time
LA destination retail (think Costco, IKEA, Sephora flagship) draws from a 10–20 mile primary trade area — much wider than NYC equivalents. The dispersed population and car-centric design mean customers will drive further.
Typical radius: 10–20 mi (primary), 25 mi (secondary)
Studios use a 30-mile radius from downtown LA — known as the "studio zone" or "TMZ" — for union no-travel-pay rules. Crews working inside the zone get standard rates; outside requires per-diems and travel pay.
Typical radius: 30 mi (the canonical "studio zone")
LA restaurant delivery rarely exceeds 5 miles because of traffic; most apps default to 3–5 mile zones. Couriers on bikes are practical only in dense pockets like Downtown, Westwood, or Santa Monica because of arterials and freeways.
Typical radius: 3–5 mi (driver), 1 mi (bike)
Local geography and infrastructure that change how a radius behaves here. Skipping these is the most common reason a radius decision goes sideways.
Nowhere is the gap between radius and reality bigger than LA. A 10-mile radius from downtown covers Hollywood (a 20-minute drive at 10 PM but 50 minutes at 5 PM) and Pasadena (15 minutes via 110, an hour during rush). Always pair the radius map with the drive-time map for LA.
The film industry uses a precise 30-mile radius from the intersection of Beverly and La Cienega as its no-travel-pay zone. Productions inside the zone pay standard crew rates; outside requires per-diems and travel time. It is one of the few places where a radius is literally encoded in labor law.
Any radius from central LA bigger than ~12 miles starts losing its western half to ocean. Santa Monica Bay caps coastal reach, and the Channel Islands (Catalina, Anacapa) are well outside even a 50-mile circle from downtown.
A 10-mile radius from downtown LA covers Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Glendale, and parts of Pasadena and Inglewood. Santa Monica (about 14 miles west), the South Bay, and the San Fernando Valley sit outside the circle.
A 25-mile radius captures essentially all of central LA County — Santa Monica, the South Bay, LAX, Long Beach, most of the San Fernando Valley, plus the inner edge of Orange County. Malibu, Irvine, and Riverside are still outside.
The studio zone is a precisely-defined 30-mile radius from the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard. Productions inside the zone pay union crew at standard rates; productions outside require per-diems, travel pay, and sometimes lodging. It is enforced in IATSE and DGA contracts.
Two reasons. First, LA is much more spread out — 10 miles barely covers central LA, where in NYC the same radius reaches all five boroughs. Second, LA traffic makes drive time wildly variable: 10 miles can be 15 minutes off-peak or an hour at rush hour. The radius is a coarse filter; the drive-time map tells the real story.
Start with a 15-mile straight-line radius around the workplace using this tool, then validate with the Drive Time Map at a realistic commute time (try 8:30 AM if you commute morning). The drive-time isochrone usually shrinks the apparent reach by 30–50% at peak hours.
Most LA restaurants on delivery apps cap zones at 3–5 miles because of traffic. Bike couriers operate only in dense, walkable neighborhoods (Downtown, Santa Monica, Westwood). Suburban and freeway-bordered locations rarely accept orders past 4 miles.