5 Reasons why Long Beach, California is a great city for all sports fans to visit

#4 There's Lots To Do Outdoors

As a coastal, waterfront city, Long Beach is an ideal spot for anyone who likes to experience the great outdoors. Less humid than you may expect, the city is known for offering sunny weather without extreme humidity.

Its waterfront path totals around 5.5 miles in length. Such can safely be walked, bicycled, scootered and/or rollerbladed. For travelers traveling without exercise equipment, Long Beach has on-demand rentals for bicycles and electric scooters, app-based and available on-demand.

Some of the popular natural areas of Long Beach are Bluff Park, the Golden Shores Marine Reserve, the Jack Dunster Marine Reserve, Shoreline Park, and DeForest Park. The city leads Southern California in park access, size and spending, also ranking 16th within such among the 75 largest U.S. cities, as its 92 parks cover over 3,100 acres.

Long Beach is also home to Rosie's Dog Beach (the only legal off-leash beach area for dogs on in Los Angeles County), the El Dorado Nature Center, the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, the permanently-docked Queen Mary, the Aquarium Of The Pacific, and Alamitos Beach. It is also close to Catalina Island, which is reachable by ferry.