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The Downtown Fitness Loop is one of the Fitness Loop in Long Beach , California . It is a 4.8-mile walking/running path bordered by Alamitos Avenue, East Shoreline Drive, Aquarium Road, West Shoreline Drive and Ocean Boulevard. The loop has distance markers that connect fitness equipment stations, allowing exercisers to develop a routine suited for them.  The fitness loop complements the Beach Pedestrian Path and the nearby Bixby Fitness Loop. The loop have distance markers that connect five active fitness equipment stations such as pull up and dip bars, and six passive stations for activities like balance stretching and squats. This tour will take you to the highlights of the  downtown area . The Ocean Center Building Alamitos Beach Shoreline Marina Island Grissom viewpoint Shoreline village Pine Avenue Pier Downtown Landing

The Queen Mary ship   is an icon of the Southern California coastline and a beloved historical landmark in Long Beach.   Between 1936 and 1967, the Queen Mary was considered the most beautiful and stately ship in the world. It was called “The Ship of Beautiful Woods” because of the spectacular woodwork created from the rarest trees in the British Empire. In 1967, it was sold to Long Beach and made her last journey from Southampton (UK). The Queen Mary was converted for military use during World War II for the Allies . It earned the nickname Gray Ghost for its naval camouflage. 

Shoreline Aquatic Park is a city park on Queensway Bay near downtown Long Beach . The park has some amazing views of the  Queen Mary Ship , the  Long Beach skyline  and the  Aquarium of the Pacific . All the park is a wide open green area that is used for picnics and special events. At the center of the  Shoreline Aquatic Park , on a grassy hill, is a  lighthouse tower  with a paved spiral walkway leading to it. It was built for aesthetic reasons and serves no navigational purpose.

Wyland Whaling wall mural is located on the Long Beach Arena which is part of the Long Beach Convention Center Complex . The building is a cylindrical shaped structure covered by a stunning 116.000 square foot mural called Planet Ocean . Robert Wyland painted the mural in six weeks with the help of 200 volunteers. They required 7.000 gallons of paint. The mural was named the world’s largest by the 1993 Guinness Book of World Records . The mural depicts the underwater environment and marine life common to California waters including gray whales, kelp, sea lions and more.