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Parks and Preserves
PARKS & PRESERVES
LAKES & OCEAN
When you’ve got mountains, valleys and sand, you’ve got lakes, the ocean and boats. San Diego is blessed with beautiful lakes with names like Cuyamaca, Dixon, Hodges, Jennings, Miramar, Morena, Murray, Poway, San Marcos, San Vicente and Wohlford. Some are pristine and isolated and some have million dollar homes overlooking them.
Ocean sportfishing from Cabo San Lucas to Canada is a multi-million dollar industry. At the Fisherman’s Landing, you can take full- and half- day fishing trips in an 85-footer to catch albacore, yellowtail and bonito. In winter, whale watchers are everywhere.
Here in San Diego Bay west of the USS Midway aircraft carrier museum, you’ll see thousands of moored sailboats, cruisers and yachts bobbing in the water.
PARKS & PRESERVES
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
www.anzaborrego.statepark.org
760-767-5311
There’s no prettier site than the blooming wildflowers in this massive state park each Spring. There’s over 100 miles of hiking trails and 5,000 miles of unpaved road here. Its beauty is only rivaled by the Joshua Tree National Park near Palm Springs.
Anza-Borrego
El Capitan Open Space
Interstate 8 to Highway 67 North
Hikers love the 3,000 feet views here amid 2,800 acres of oaks, chaparral and coastal sage scrub.
Mission Bay Park
This 4,600-acre park just East of SeaWorld and West of Interstate 5 is one of the summer’s most popular parks. Every weekend, you’ll see thousands of children flying kites, popping party piñatas, enjoying picnics, rolling on the grass, playing on the slides and having the time of their life. For the parents, there’s biking, boating, jogging trails, kyacking and windsailing.
Quail Botanical Gardens/San Diego Botanic Garden
230 Quail Gardens Drive
Encinitas 92024 (I-5 at Encinitas Blvd.)
760-436-303
If you like plants, welcome to heaven. This 30- acre garden features more than 3,000 species, including huge cacti, hibiscus and poinsettias.
Lake Jennings Regional Park
I-8 East, 5 miles East of El Cajon
With its 830 foot elevation and 100 acres of camping, trails, fishing and boating, this is one of San Diego’s unknown treasure spots.
Mission Trails Regional Park
I-8 to College Avenue North
With 5,700 acres to play in, this is one of America’s largest urban parks. Besides hiking, biking and jogging, there’s fishing and golf. The Old Mission Dam, the first US water supply project, is located here.
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