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Balboa Park

Name: Balboa Park
Rating: 1.92

Type: Trail

Length: 63.30 Miles

Elevation Gain: N/A

Cost: Free

Rating:

(1.92)6

Difficulty: 1star

(1.42)

Solitude:

(0.67)

ADA Accessible: Yes

Bikes Allowed: N/A

Dogs Allowed: Yes

Interpretive Guide: No

City: San Diego

County: San Diego

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Photos

Balboa Park is famous for a lot of beautiful and exotic trees like this one. (Photo by Blaze)

Iconic tower of Balboa Park. (Photo by Blaze)

Some homeless person living in the bushes created this (and many other) cairns. (Photo by Blaze)

View of the Morley Field Sports Complex sign along Upas St. (Photo by Blaze)

View of one of the trails in Florida Canyon. (Photo by Blaze)

View of downtown San Diego as seen from the trail along the San Diego Municipal Golf Course near 26th St. (Photo by Blaze)

This is a view of the unimproved trails near/along 26th Street. (Photo by Blaze)

This is one of the bridges that cross over Hwy 163. (Photo by Blaze)

Balboa Park has an incredible selection of awesome trees and succulents. (Photo by Blaze)

This tower is an iconic structure building in Balboa Park. (Photo by Blaze)

This theater has been around for a very long time. (Photo by Blaze)

Log Entries

Hillcrest
By Blaze on 2/27/2019
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Distance: 6.54 Miles Duration: 3 hours, 37 minutes

This is not a hike of Balboa Park;it is an urban hike my wife and I did to the Hillcrest area of town. There isn't an actual trail - we walked along sidewalks on the streets. I tagged Balboa Park only because it is the closest trail to where we walked.

Balboa Park
By Blaze on 2/26/2019
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Distance: 6.20 Miles Duration: N/A

My wife and I did another exploration of Balboa Park on the paved sidewalk trails through the main venue areas.

Golden Hills, South & North Park, Morley Field and Florida Canyon
By Blaze on 2/8/2019
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Distance: 9.52 Miles Duration: N/A

This was an endurance loop hike to Golden Hills Park, South and North park, Morley Field, and Florida Canyon. This was a combination of paved and unpaved trails.

Further Exploration Of Balboa Park
By Blaze on 2/6/2019
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Distance: 7.01 Miles Duration: N/A

The objective of this hike was to further explore the trail system within Balboa Park. This hike occured mostly on the west side of Hwy 163, although we also ventured into the Marston canyon area east of Hwy 163. Lot of make-shift homeless camps... sad.

Exploring Balboa Park
By Blaze on 1/30/2019
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Distance: 6.35 Miles Duration: N/A

My wife and I have walked through parts of Balboa Park before, but we've decided to start documenting our hikes. There are numerous trails in Balboa Park, some paved sidewalks and others that are unimproved. There is a lot to see and do in Balboa Park, including visiting the San Diego Zoo and numerous museums. Wther exercising or just taking a nice stroll, Balboa Park is definitely on the "must do" list.

Balboa Park
By Blaze on 1/25/2019
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Distance: 6.15 Miles Duration: N/A

My wife and I did a long urban walk past Balboa Park to the Hillcrest area of San Diego.