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)
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