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Outdoor Activites & Recreation in San Diego
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Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Neighborhood: Del Mar, CA Category:
Del Mar Fairgrounds
Phone: (858) 755-1141
Every Summer, The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosts some of the most exciting horse races on the planet, locally at the historic Del Mar Racetrack.
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Go San Diego Card
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Balboa Park, Mission Beach, Zoo, Southern California
Phone: (866) 628-9032
There are hundreds of entertaining events and activities throughout all of Southern California, making San Diego a premium tourist vacation spot.
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Indie Fest
Neighborhood: Point Loma, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (1) 800-486
At Indie Fest, the tickets are the only thing that are “selling out”.
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Street Scene
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
Packed to the rafters with the coolest bands, both local and internationally known, Street Scene is a treat for both the musicians on stage and the massive crowds that gather to see them.
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Rock and Roll Marathon
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Southern California, Old Town, Balboa Park
Phone: (858) 450-6510
By far the coolest way to run twenty-six miles and three-hundred and eight-five yards, the Rock and Roll marathon in San Diego has been running since 1998.
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A Grape Escape Hot Air Balloon Adventure
Neighborhood: Temecula, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (1) 800-965
Peace and tranquility await you over picturesque Temecula Valley as you take a hot air balloon tour over the Wilson Creek winery.
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Pacific Coast Skydiving
Neighborhood: Otay Mesa, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 661-0194
Taking the plunge seven days a week, Pacific Coast Skydiving is the perfect spot for both novice and veteran skydivers.
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Torrey Pines Glider Port
Neighborhood: La Jolla, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: 92037
Open for over seventy five years, this glider port located on the edge of the La Jolla cliffs has been a notable aviation attraction since 1928.
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Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (661) 255-4527
Carrying over the success of their amusement park, the company has since opened a waterpark next door to the main park in Los Angeles.
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The Flower Fields
Neighborhood: Carlsbad, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (760) 431-0352
Open for only a few months each year starting in the Spring, the Flower Fields in Carlsbad are open for public to allow guests to view all the eye-catching sights on the farm.
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Santa Monica Pier
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (310) 458-8900
Plenty of shops, rides, and restaurants await visitors to this well-known Southern California pier.
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The Wave Waterpark
Neighborhood: Vista, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (760) 940-9283
Located just north of San Diego in scenic Vista, California, The Wave Waterpark is a perfect place to spend a day in the water without dealing with the crowds at the beach or a boring public pool.
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Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Neighborhood: Mission Beach, CA Category:
Mission Beach
Phone: (619) 557-5450
. A visit to the lighthouse is able to bring visitors directly into the past, as the scenery looks virtually unchanged since it was built over 130 years ago.
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USS Midway Museum
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 544-9600
Adding to San Diego's unique aura is its age old history as a naval port. Find out just what it takes to keep beautiful San Diego safe and sound at the USS Midway Museum. Faring the journey aboard...
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Maritime Museum of San Diego
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 234-9153
With adventure on the open sea as fascinating as it is, the Maritime Museum of San Diego is the perfect location to visit while exploring the city?s harbor. Explore one of their many permanent exh...
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San Diego Zoo
Neighborhood: Balboa Park, CA Category:
Zoo
Phone: (619) 231-1515
The 100-acre Zoo is home to over 4,000 rare and endangered animals representing more than 800 species and subspecies, and a prominent botanical collection with more than 700,000 exotic plants. It ...
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California Wolf Center
Neighborhood: Julian, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (760) 765-0030
Mexican wolves once freely roamed the southwestern United States, but government-sponsored eradication programs almost wiped out this subspecies of North American gray wolves entirely. The Califor...
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Knott's Berry Farm Theme Park
Neighborhood: Buena Park, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (714) 220-5200
Thrill seekers and dare devils will find Knott?s Berry Farm Theme Park an exhilarating way to spend the day. Ride one of the many gargantuan roller coasters in the park for the ultimate in heart p...
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Quail Botanical Gardens
Neighborhood: Encinitas, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (760) 436-3036
Encinitas is already glorious, but Quail Botanical Gardens and its four miles of garden trails, vistas, flowering trees, majestic palms and the nation?s largest bamboo collection makes it more bre...
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Belmont Park
Neighborhood: Mission Beach, CA Category:
Mission Beach
Phone: (858) 488-1549
For guilt-free, wallet-friendly family park you can''t miss checking out Belmont park. Not only does it have free admission, it has free parking too; plus Mission Beach is the prime location to le...
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Legoland
Neighborhood: Carlsbad, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (760) 918-5346
Legoland California bursts at the seems with imagination! Picture life size lego creations, adventurous treasure hunts and even an aquarium. With over 60 rides for kids and adults there''s somethi...
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Japanese Friendship Garden
Neighborhood: Balboa Park, CA Category:
Balboa Park
Phone: (619) 232-2721
Visit the Far East in San Diego?s own Japanese Friendship Garden. You?ll feel like you?ve stepped into another world while walking about the garden and through the Tea Pavilion. Stop and admire th...
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Temecula Valley Wine Country Balloon Adventure
Neighborhood: Temecula, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (951) 699-9987
If you are planning a day filled with romance, the perfect place to begin is with a sunrise balloon ride over the rolling landscape of Temecula valley. Gaze upon the beautiful wineries below while...
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California Dreamin'
Neighborhood: Temecula, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (951) 699-0601
Nestled in Temecula, a unique and romantic experience awaits you. California Dreamin' will help you to soar over Temecula's beautiful wine country in a luxurious hot air balloon or biplane. This c...
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Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Neighborhood: La Jolla, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (858) 534-3474
An educational day full of fun awaits you at San Diego?s own Birch Aquarium. Nestled in the hills of La Jolla, this aquarium boasts tanks with some of the most interesting sea creatures. Once you?...
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H&M Landing
Neighborhood: Point Loma, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 222-1144
H&M Landing is a charting company that specializes in arranging fishing trips and scenic ocean runs just outside of San Diego. Spend a day and rent a boat, and even a crew, for a party or pers...
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Disneyland Resort
Neighborhood: Anaheim, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (714) 781-4000
For those who wish to please their children with a myriad of classic delights or those who simply wish to become children again, Disneyland? is the place to make dreams happen. Families flock from...
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Six Flags Magic Mountain
Neighborhood: Valencia, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (661) 255-4100
A good rollercoaster is hard to come by in California. That is, unless you are willing to make the drive up to the thrill ride paradise of Six Flags: Magic Mountain. Home to more than a handful of...
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Knott's Soak City
Neighborhood: Chula Vista, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 661-7373
While San Diego is usually cited for sunshine and perfect weather, the Summer heat still likes to occasionally show it?s teeth once and a while. When this time comes, beaches are usually over crow...
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Coronado
Neighborhood: Coronado, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 522-7300
When seen from the San Diego mainland, Coronado seems a far-off, magical kingdom, surrounded by the glittering sea and flag-like sailboats. Accessible only by ferry or by the picturesque, arching ...
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Coastal Cities
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
Starting to the south, Ocean Beach is a quintessential stop for those looking to become heavily acquainted with the classic Southern Californian lifestyle. Surfboards, skateboards, headshops and b...
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The Waterfront in Downtown San Diego
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
The Waterfront in downtown San Diego and nearby surrounding areas feature 22 marinas, docks or basins with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
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Little Italy
Neighborhood: Little Italy, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 233-3898
Check out a little taste of Little Italy located in downtown San Diego. Since the 1920's Little Italy had made its mark beginning with the growth of the tuna industry.
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San Diego Safari Park
Neighborhood: Escondido, CA Category:
Zoo
Phone: (760) 747-8702
Formally known as the San Diego Wild Animal Park, the newly named San Diego Safari Park is a sight to behold animals in as close to their natural habitat as it can get.
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Sea World
Neighborhood: Mission Bay, CA Category:
Southern California, Mission Beach
Phone: (1) 800-257
Travel the entire marine world in a day. Unless you have a submarine or personal ship to trek you to the Antarctic, never will one have a chance to see such diversity as one does within Sea World....
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Mission Trails Regional Park
Neighborhood: Tierrasanta, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 668-3281
Mission Trails Regional Park is a sight to behold. It stretches across 5,800 acres of natural and developed recreational land and is located only eight miles northeast of downtown San Diego.
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North County Wineries and Vineyards
Neighborhood: Escondido, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
The sun, wide stretches of wine grape vineyards and wine and food tastings are the best reasons to visit San Diego’s north county.
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Cleveland National Forest
Neighborhood: Alpine, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (619) 445-6235
At the park visitors can bicycle, camp, climb, fish, hike, go horseback riding, hunting, nature viewing, OVH riding, picnicking, do water activities and even winter sports.
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The Gaslamp Quarter
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
Shopping, food, theaters, performing arts, live music all can be had in San Diego’s busiest district the Gaslamp Quarter.
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Anza Borrego State Park
Neighborhood: Julian, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (760) 767-5311
Anza Borrego is as romantic as it is rugged, its history marked by trails over 45,000 acres of beautifully preserved land.
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Cabrillo National Monument
Neighborhood: Ocean Beach, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
The monument sits on 160 acres of protected land and is surrounded by the Pacific to the west, San Diego Bay to the east and urban development in the north. The park is home to many rare species ...
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Sunset Cliffs
Neighborhood: Ocean Beach, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
A favorite San Diego local hangout in beautiful Ocean Beach.
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Sunny Jim Cave
Neighborhood: La Jolla, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (855)459-0749
With such a unique name its no wonder this natural and man-made cave is one of La Jolla most famous hot spots.
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Julian
Neighborhood: Julian, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (760) 765-1857
When San Diegans think of pie, they think of nowhere else but Julian.
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Torrey Pines State Reserve
Neighborhood: La Jolla, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: (858) 755-2063
Over 2,000 acres of untouched beaches, lagoons and the rare Torrey pines for which the park is named after.
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Kate Sessions Park
Neighborhood: Pacific Beach, CA Category:
Pacific Beach
Phone: N/A
Kate Sessions park is a great place for family gatherings, a game of slosh ball or even a wedding.
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Balboa Park
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Balboa Park
Phone: N/A
The beating heart of the city of San Diego.
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Seaport Village
Neighborhood: Downtown / Gaslamp, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
A beautiful place to take a stroll, have lunch or cure shopping fever.
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Mount Soledad
Neighborhood: La Jolla, CA Category:
Southern California
Phone: N/A
One of the most breathtaking sights in La Jolla.
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Morley Field Disc Golf Course Pro Shop
Neighborhood: North Park, CA Category:
Balboa Park
Phone: (619) 692-3607
Outdoor disc golf in exceptional San Diego weather, what can be better?
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