North County and Around
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We’ve compiled the best of the best in North County and Around - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Five blocks east of the center of Julian you can take an hour-long tour of an authentic family-owned gold mine from 1870. Displays along the...Read More
The largest bulb-production farm in Southern California has hillsides abloom here each spring, when thousands of Giant Tecolote ranunculus produce...Read More
The centerpiece of a development that includes resort hotels, a designer discount shopping mall, an aquarium, and a water park, LEGOLAND has...Read More
A branch of the San Diego Zoo, 35 miles to the north, the 1,800-acre preserve in the San Pasqual Valley is designed to protect endangered species...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesAn entertainment complex with two theaters, an art museum, and a conference center, the center presents operas, musicals, plays, dance performances...Read More
This center, just outside Julian, is one of the few places in North America where you can get an up-close view of the gray wolves that once...Read More
A 3,058-acre conservation area and historic ranch site is laced with more than 20 miles of multipurpose trails for hikers, mountain bikers,...Read More
This famously clean 2-mile-long beach is the perfect place for long barefoot walks and sunbathing due to its extremely fine, soft sand and lack...Read More
The Spanish Mission–style fairground is the home of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ( www.dmtc.com ). Crooner Bing Crosby and his Hollywood buddies...Read More
This small exotic-bird aviary adjacent to the Del Mar Fairgrounds houses a collection of parrots and other exotic birds—a guaranteed child pleaser. ...Read More
When the gold mines in Julian played out, the mobs of gold miners who had invaded it left, leaving behind discarded mining tools and empty houses...Read More
For quality wine and an enjoyable wine-tasting experience, Milagro leads the long list of wineries in Ramona. Overseeing production is Hugo...Read More
A living remnant of the mission era, built in 1816, this mission still ministers to the Native American community, making it the only original...Read More
Its large parking areas, many facilities, and proximity to the quaint coastal town of Encinitas make this beach tucked into a break in the cliffs...Read More
Take an interactive journey through 100 years of popular music with displays of more than 500 vintage instruments and samples of memorable tunes...Read More
One of the best ways to see Julian's star-filled summer sky is by taking a sky-tour at Mike and Caroline Leigh's observatory, with research...Read More
Known as the King of the Missions, the 18th, the largest, and the most prosperous of California's missions was built in 1798 by Franciscan friars...Read More
One of the few areas in Southern California with a Sierra-like atmosphere, the park is carpeted with a forest of pines, cedars, western dogwood...Read More
The last work by sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), this sculpture garden designed for entertaining children consists of nine totemic...Read More
More than 4,000 rare, exotic, and endangered plants are on display on 37 landscaped acres. Displays include plants from Central America, Africa...Read More
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