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PLACES TO RUN IN SAN DIEGO... TRAILS & DIRT PATHS ROADS, PARKS, HILLS & TRAILS, DIRTH PATHS, TRACKS |
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TRAILS Want to get off the roads and hit the trails? San Diego has trail runs from the border to the mountains! | ||
BALBOA
PARK- On the west side of Balboa Park there is a mile or so of dirt path to run on. From Sixth & Laurel go through the 'dog park' to under the Laurel Bridge, alongside Highway 163 | Balboa
Park Trails Map- |
The SouthWest
corner of Balboa Park is at the corner of Sixth
& Elm, with an uphill to Sixth
& Laurel. The Northwest corner is at Park
& Upas. Between these points there are 1200 acres of park to run in- from flat grass & dirt paths to hilly trails, much of it under the shade of trees and quiet roads with little traffic. East of this are the dirt paths and hills of Florida Canyon and Morley Field. |
MORLEY FIELD-
This is the site for the national high school cross country championships
sponsored by Foot Locker, so you know it has some good trails to run! |
Morley
Field is North-East of downtown San Diego, directly east of Balboa Park, between Florida Canyon and Pershing Drive, south of Upas St. | |
MISSION
TRAILS- Mission
Trails Regional Park encompasses nearly 5,800 acres of both natural and developed
recreational acres. Its rugged hills, valleys and open areas represent a San Diego
prior to the landing of Cabrillo in San Diego Bay in 1542. Centrally located and
only eight miles northeast of downtown San Diego, Mission Trails Regional Park
provides a quick, natural escape from the urban hustle & bustle. MAP | ||
FLORIDA
CANYON- Between Balboa Park and Morley Field, on both sides of Florida Drive are trails to run. You can have gentle rolling paths, or challenging steep hills to chose from! trails.com | ||
SAN
CLEMENTE CANYON (HIGHWAY 52) - , trails.com | MAP | San
Clemente Canyon can be found south of highway 52, and between highways 5 and 805. This canyon has dirt paths to run on, much under the shade of trees. |
MOUNT
LAGUNA- PACIFIC CREST TRAIL | The Pacific Crest Trail runs through Mount Laguna which can be accessed by taking the Sunrise Highway off of Highway 8. | |
SWEETWATER
PARK - trails.com | ||
TECOLOTE CANYON- | ||
SAN
DIEGO RIVER/ FLOOD CHANNEL- | ||
IMPERIAL
BEACH ESTUARY- In the last SW corner of the USA, within site of the border of Mexico, is the IB Estuary with flat dirt paths from near the beach to the mouth of the Tijuana River. A number of loops in the estuary, making a 5 mile run possible. | Seacoast
Drive & Imperial Beach Blvd., at 2nd Street- MAP | |
CHULA
VISTA GOLF COURSE/ SWEETWATER RESERVOIR- This golf course has a 3 mile loop dirt path and grass you can run, or head east and uphill to the Sweetwater Reservoir. Parking available on the north side off of Sweetwater Rd. in 'Rohr Park'. | MAP | |
POINT
LOMA Below the Light House and Cabrillo Monument, and under Pt. Loma Nazarene College on the ocean side, there are trails to run. | MAP |
Links to other San Diego Running Trails Websites
Runners
Source by Cindy Harris | San
Diego Running Forum www.sd-running.com | www.trailrunner.com |
San Diego Magazine - 28 Best Trails to Hike, Bike, Run & Stroll in San Diego -
Links to other San Diego Running Trails Websites
Runners
Source by Cindy Harris | San
Diego Running Forum www.sd-running.com | www.trailrunner.com |
LINKS
TO OTHER 'SAN DIEGO PLACES TO RUN' WEBSITES | ||||
also- Maps |
Movin
Shoes This San Diego running shoe store's page. | Runner's World | ||
Map My Run | Running
Places NOW... thoos.com | Trails.com | Trails.com#2 | www.trailrunner.com |
Cool Running | San Diego ConVis | Favorite
Run favorite run makes it easy to map running courses and share them online. you can also search for courses in your area. | USATF USATF - America's Running Routes - San Diego Just enter 'San Diego' and 'California' for 500+ mapped courses of San Diego runs! | 'Run
the Planet' *also |
OTHER
RUNNING RELATED PAGES ON THIS SITE- | |
San Diego Runnng Calendar | A Calendar of running events in San Diego |
San Diego Running Vacations | Coming to San Diego for a race?... Need help with lodging or transportation? |
San Diego Running Camp | High Altitude Running Camp in the mountains of east San Diego |
Running Links | A page of running related links, from San Diego to the World |
USA Races | Running races around America |
World Running | Add travel and running! Try running races around the world |
Track & Field | From San Diego to the World, from Juniors to Masters |
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San Diego Running Weblog A 'Blog' for the San Diego Running Community! |
Runners'
Chatroom! Chat with other runners
in San Diego! Find the best places to run, form running groups! |
San
Diego hosts running events from 5ks to marathons, |
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