It has many facilities, including volleyball courts, gymnastic equipment, restrooms, a playground, and a bike path.

The bike path is part of the South Bay Bicycle Trail and extends 19.1 miles (30.7 km) along the shore to Torrance.

[7][8] In the sea near Will Rogers State Beach at Sunset Blvd., there is the grounding electrode of the Pacific DC Intertie.

In the 1920s, Rogers bought the land and developed a ranch along the coast and upland past today's Sunset Boulevard.

The beach was dedicated on July 26, 1942, with California Governor Culbert Olson and Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron on hand.