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perfect for letting your dog run around. master. The astute observer will note the
There is also a Dog Run on Fiesta Island. Over-the-line ball field on Fiesta Island as
well, where wanna-be baseball players
The western part of Mission Bay is called compete for the championship of this
Sail Bay. The map shows where the Open abbreviated game of baseball. It is noted
Speed Area is. The Mission Bay Sports that Mission Bay's Fiesta Island aslo has
Center, Santa Clara Recreation Center, protected nesting areas of the California
and Mission Bay Aquatic Center are all least tern. Adjacent Water Skiing Areas
found on Santa Clara Point, sticking out and Open Speed Area are shown.
into Sail Bay. Further south, El Carmel
Point, Bahia Point, and Ventura Point are On the east side of Fiesta Bay is the San
shown. The Mission Bay Yacht Club is Diego Visitor Center, the Hilton Hotel,
shown on El Carmel Point, and Mission and Tecolote Shores Park with a Kite
Bay's Bahia Resort Hotel is shown on Flying Area and a Playground for the
Bahia Point. Disabled. The PWC Area is shown at the
southeast of Fiesta Island.
Near the Mission Beach Lifeguard Station
is Belmont Park, which features The At the southern end of Mission Bay is Sea
Plunge and a Roller Coaster and an World Adventure Park. I grew up simply
Arcade. This famous roller coaster is saying “Sea World”, and everybody knew
shown on a photograph of the Mission that that meant the place where Shamu
Bay map. Belmont Park is busy year- was, plus all of the amazing marine life
round. Between Sail Bay and the eastern shows and fantastic aquariums could be
half of the bay is Vacation Isle. There you seen, along with a whole day of fun for
will note the location of the wonderful families.
Paradise Point Resort, a great park for
playing ball, a ski beach, public boat All of the roads going through and around
launch and the famous Vacation Isle Mission Bay are shown completely and
Model Yacht Basin, where remote control accurately for your benefit as you go in
boaters launch their hand-crafted models and around Mission Bay. You can see
to sail around a very large basin. from the map that Mission Bay Park is a
fantastic and wonderful place to visit. It
To the east of Vacation Isle is Fiesta Bay, will make you want to come to stay for
which has large Fiesta Island. Fiesta good.
Island features 5 miles of one-way bicycle
path in very little traffic, and almost In the ocean to the west of Mission Bay,
always blessed with a cool sea breeze. the spots of some popular dive sites are
Dog Park is also there, where people and identified in “Wreck Alley.” The five
come with their best friends and let them wrecks shown are the HMCS Yukon, the
run and have almost as much fun as their NOSC Tower, the Ruby E, the El Rey, and
