Category: California
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El Cajon Mountain
El Cajon Mountain in San Diego peaks at 3,675′ while the trail itself, a nearly continual cycle of ups and downs, puts you through about 4,000′ in elevation gain over its almost twelve mile length. The trail winds through the El Capitan Open Space Preserve, located just west of the Kumeyaay Indian land of the Capitan Grande Reservation. Doing…
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Lake Miramar
I recently took a few walks around Lake Miramar (technically a reservoir) in San Diego, where I used to fish sometimes, long before the Internet was a thing. Yeah, it used to not be a thing. It was a short walk from where I was staying on an extended visit, so it made for an easy escape…
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Elfin Forest
San Diego’s Elfin Forest is the kind of trail I’d avoid on a weekend. Even on a weekday it had a good number of feet parading up and down its trails. The good part is that the further you get from the parking lot, the fewer people you have to share the trail with. In…