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1628 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Del Mar, CA 92014
Park: (858)
755-2386
Reservations: (858) 565-3600, (877)
565-3600
Hours: 9:30 a.m. – sunset,
daily
Parking is $3. View the park brochure.
Located just a short distance from the Pacific Ocean in beautiful Del
Mar, San Dieguito County Park offers a variety of recreational
activities including 5 miles of hiking trails, five playgrounds, a
baseball field, a basketball court, a wedding gazebo, pavilions and
picnic areas, and BBQs. Restrooms are also available.
Discover picturesque views from Activity Hill – complete with 10
fitness stations, three hillside ladders and lookout platforms, two
suspension bridges, and two TRACK Trails for kids with nature-themed
scavenger hunts to win prizes online. Look out to see the coast and
miles of north county communities. Look down to see large open lawns
lined with mature trees and two tranquil duck ponds.
Before Spanish settlers arrived in the region, the area was inhabited
by Native Americans, now called the Kumeyaay. During the Spanish
period of California, the park land was originally operated as a
“Rancheria” by the padres of the San Diego Mission for the grazing of
cattle. Ten years after Mexico gained its independence from Spain, a
man named Librado Silva was given a provisional land grant for Rancho
San Dieguito and constructed the first adobe in the area in 1831. Juan
Maria Osuna was later granted the land and raised horses and cattle.
In the nearby community, his original adobe has been restored and is
part of the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. In 1954, 100 acres of hilltop and
canyon land covered in chaparral was donated to the County of San
Diego from the Rancho Santa Fe Irrigation District. This land was
developed into the park we have today. The upper park was opened in
1965, and the lower park was opened in 1977.
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