Picnics San Diego – Picnic Area San Diego

CITY & BAYS & BEACHES:

• Balboa Park, San Diego – 5 square miles of beautiful city park with lots of gardens
• Bayview Park, Coronado Island – Small city neighborhood park with great view of downtown skyline
• Silver Strand State Beach near IB or Imperial Beach, S of Coronado
• Harbor Island Park, near San Diego airport – facing SD Bay with views of downtown skyline
• Shelter Island, near San Diego airport – facing SD Bay with views of downtown skyline
• Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA – maze of bay front parks & trails; picnic areas, bonfire pits, bike trails & playgrounds
• Soledad Park, La Jolla, CA – small neighborhood park atop a Mount Soledad, great views of county & ocean
• Presidio Park, San Diego Mission – park like setting surrounding mission w/ gardens & trees
• Tidelands Park, Coronado Island – large park with great view of bay, bridge & downtown skyline
• Mission Trails Park – Mission Gorge – SD river & historic dam, hiking, biking trails
• Sunset Cliffs, Point Loma – sit on cliff edge or take stairway to beach
• Torrey Pines Cliffs, Del Mar, CA

San Diego picnic parks

BACK COUNTRY MOUNTAINS & DESERTS:

• Desert View Picnic, Laguna Mountains – large open spaces surrounded by pines
• Aqua Dulce Meadows, Mount Laguna, CA inside Cleveland National Forest – hike in camp area, bring your hammock
• Pine Creek Road – large open spaces surrounded by pines; Cleveland National Forest
• S-1 Sunrise Highway, Laguna Mountains – plenty of meadows or side roads off to the right have plenty of good meadows & woods; Cleveland National Forest
• Rancho Cuyamaca SP
• Potrero Hills Park, W of Campo, CA – Oaks, boulders & hills on Hwy. 94
• Anza Borrego State Park– almost anywhere is great, as long as it is not in the hot summer months. (May – Sept)

Maps Mountains / San Diego Maps

• CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST MAP
• AGUA TIBIA Wilderness Map
• ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK MAP
• SAN DIEGO BACKCOUNTRY MAP (Tom Harrison)
• PCT Trail Map – Southern California
• PINE CREEK /HAUSER Wilderness Map