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1. Sunset Cliffs Natural Park
5.6
4.4
/5
18 Reviews
based on 2.1k reviews
No.9 of Best Things to Do in San Diego
Natural scenery
小思文
San Diego is one of the border cities on the U.S. coastline. It is very close to Mexico and has many port resources. This cliff park is a very steep place where you can enjoy the sunset show in the evening.
San Diego
9.2 km from downtown
Free entry
Opens at 10:00
2. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
4.6
4.6
/5
14 Reviews
based on 5.7k reviews
No.16 of Best Things to Do in San Diego
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旅の径
Unique historical origins have created a unique customs. Touring San Diego, the Old Town Historical Park is worth visiting. Walk the park, in the old streets and alleys with strong ancient charm, the deepest FIESTA DE REYES is the most popular. Fiesta de Reyes, is a group of Mexican-style courtyards integrating catering shops and leisure and entertainment. Environment - "Dream Searching Travel" This "Remember" cool atmosphere is natural, stage - young and old dancers are full of fun, surrounded by tourists from Wuzhou to eat and eat, enjoy themselves... Experience the colorful exotic style, it feels really good.
San Diego
5.8 km from downtown
Free entry
3. Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
3.8
4.6
/5
88 Reviews
based on 3.8k reviews
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Bobby-C
The day before yesterday, San Diego had its first heavy rain in six months. The sunny San Diego after the rain was particularly charming. This morning I went to Torrey Pines State Beach. It was beautiful.
La Jolla
25.4 km from downtown
4. Point Loma Tide Pools
3.0
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1 Review
based on 405 reviews
Natural scenery
Todemmy
Cabrillo tide pools are fun to visit. We looked at a tide chart, and found out that on the day we were going to visit that the low tide was at 2:00pm. We had seen a very long line into the park a couple of years ago, so we decided to get there about 2 hours before the lowest tide. It was a great decision- as there was no line to enter the park and we could easily park near the tide pools! (I see that parking could be extremely difficult during low tide.) The pools were fun to walk around and explore. We could easily find hundreds of little hermit crabs and a few anemone. I was a bit disappointed that we only saw two starfish, and not much else. The volunteers were wonderful and knowledgeable! They were the ones that found the two star fish we did see - a beautiful Knobby Star and a very rare Soft Star. Definitely the highlight of the stop!
San Diego
9.7 km from downtown
5. Sunny Jim's Sea Cave
2.6
4.6
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9 Reviews
based on 213 reviews
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Todemmy
The cave is man made and pretty cool that you can go down where the slaves enter the cave. Theirs really no other way if getting into the caves at la Jolla.
San Diego
18.3 km from downtown
6. Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
2.7
4.6
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7 Reviews
based on 54 reviews
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Todemmy
The trail following the river bed is fairly flat and an easy walk. Along the way we stopped by the ranch and met the PQ goats. They were so friendly and seemed to love getting pets and scratches (definitely a highlight!). We hiked up the waterfall where the trail was a little steeper in the places. The waterfall doesn't have the largest drop but it was still scenic.
San Diego
24.8 km from downtown
7. Lake Murray
2.5
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1 Review
based on 139 reviews
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137***66
Great place to get exercise and enjoy the sun and air. Very nice place to walk, fish or just read and relax on the many park benches.
San Diego
13.3 km from downtown
Nearby City
8. Potato Chip Rock
3.8
4.9
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7 Reviews
based on 175 reviews
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西溪老翁
Chips (Potato Chip Rock) San Diego, California, United States, there is a place called Mt Woodson, there is a magic rock at the top of that mountain, called Chips (Potato Chip Rock), the rock is very thin, it seems that it can not bear weight, a person standing on it will break a foot. But in fact, it has a lot of gravity, even a dozen people standing on it is no problem. Standing on the potato chip rock, it seems to be on the cliff, there is a feeling of standing in the blue sky and white clouds. Some travel websites in China depict this rock as a god. In fact, this place is indeed a very good hiking place, but there is nothing thrilling at all.
Poway
36.9 km from San Diego
Free entry
Nearby City
9. Cleveland National Forest
3.5
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/5
1 Review
based on 54 reviews
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Todemmy
It's not a huge campground but there is plenty of privacy. The Camp Host is the nicest, most helpful guy we've run across in our travels.For $15 we a nice spot with a fire pit. A water spigot was just steps away and there were flush toilets on the campground.It was a great place to take a break, hike the Oak Grove Trail and just take in the beautiful scenery. Definitely do the hike. It's somewhat steep but the views are well worth it.
San Diego county
60.5 km from San Diego
Temporarily Closed
10. Moonlight State Beach
3.2
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1 Review
based on 657 reviews
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137***66
From our launching point (just below Carlsbad Inn), we could walk towards Oceanside (until the creek flow stopped our hike) and then, in the other direction up to and including the sea wall walk. We could travel past the lagoon and smoke stacks before continuing our walk all the way to the Carlsbad campground part of the beach. All in all, it was about 6 miles round-trip.
Encinitas
39.2 km from San Diego
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