With weather like ours, it doesn’t make sense to always get your workout on indoors. If you agree, and yearn to take to the trails in and around San Diego, read on for the definitive list of places to do just that.
Borrego Springs
1. Anza Borrego – 200 Palm Canyon Dr.
2. Split Mountain Trail – 5525 Split Mountain Rd
Carlsbad
3. Batiquitos Lagoon – 7380 Gabbiano Ln.
Del Mar
4. San Dieguito River Trail – San Dieguito Lagoon, Jimmy Durante Blvd. west of Fairgrounds area
Descanso
5. Cuyamaca Peak Loop Trail – 12551 Hwy 79
6. Stonewall Peak – Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, 12551 Hwy 79
El Cajon
7. El Cajon Mountain Trail – Wild Cat Canyon Rd.
Escondido
8. Daley Ranch – 3024 La Honda Dr.
9. Piedras Pintadas – Lake Hodges Reservoir, Bernardo Bay
Fallbrook
10. Santa Margarita Trail – 37385 De Luz Rd.
Imperial Beach/South San Diego
11. Border Field State Park – Dairy Mart and Monument Road
12. Tijuana River Valley Regional Park – 2721 Monument Road
13. Tijuana Estuary National Wildlife Refuge – 301 Caspian Way
Julian
14. Volcan Mountain Wilderness Preserve – 1209 Farmer Rd.
15. William Heise County Park – 4945 Heise Park Rd.
16. Lake Cuyamaca – 15027 Hwy 79
La Jolla
17. Torrey Pines State Reserve – 12600 North Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla Shores
18. Ho Chi Minh Trail – 9883 La Jolla Farms Rd.
Mira Mesa
19. Los Penasquitos Canyon Trail – 12115 Black Mountain Rd.
Palomar
20. Doane Valley Nature Trail – Palomar Mountain State Park – 19952 State Park Rd
Pine Valley
21. Three Sisters Falls Trails – Boulder Creek Rd.
22. Pacific Crest Trail – 12000 Sunrise Highway
23. Big Laguna Trail – Sunrise Highway, 13 miles north of I-8
Point Loma
24. Sunset Cliffs Park – 4401-4499 Ladera St.
25. Bayside Trail – Near the old lighthouse at Cabrillo National Monument
Poway
26. Potato Chip Rock – Lake Poway Park, 14644 Lake Poway Rd.
27. Iron Mountain – Highway 67, just south of the intersection of Poway Rd.
Ramona
28. Cedar Creek Falls Trail – 15519 Thornbush Rd.
San Carlos
29. Cowles Mountain – Mission Gorge Rd.
San Clemente
30. San Onofre State Beach – 3 miles south of San Clemente
San Marcos
31. Double Peak Trail – 910 Double Peak Rd.
Santee
32. Oak Canyon Trail – One Father Junipero Serra Trail
