San Dieguito County Park

1628 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Del Mar, CA 92014
Park: (858) 755-2386
Reservations Center: (858) 565-3600, (877) 565-3600
Hours: 9:30 a.m. – sunset, daily
Parking is $3. View the park brochure.
View the rental prices.

Located just a short distance from the Pacific Ocean in beautiful Del Mar, San Dieguito County Park offers a variety of recreational activities including 5 miles of hiking trails, five playgrounds, a baseball field, a basketball court, a wedding gazebo, pavilions and picnic areas, and BBQs. Restrooms are also available. Some recreational amenities are by reservation only, please call the park office at (858) 755-2386.

Discover picturesque views from Activity Hill – complete with 10 fitness stations, three hillside ladders and lookout platforms, two suspension bridges, and two TRACK Trails for kids with nature-themed scavenger hunts to win prizes online. Look out to see the coast and miles of north county communities. Look down to see large open lawns lined with mature trees and two tranquil duck ponds.

Before Spanish settlers arrived in the region, the area was inhabited by Native Americans, now called the Kumeyaay. During the Spanish period of California, the park land was originally operated as a “Rancheria” by the padres of the San Diego Mission for the grazing of cattle. Ten years after Mexico gained its independence from Spain, a man named Librado Silva was given a provisional land grant for Rancho San Dieguito and constructed the first adobe in the area in 1831. Juan Maria Osuna was later granted the land and raised horses and cattle. In the nearby community, his original adobe has been restored and is part of the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. In 1954, 100 acres of hilltop and canyon land covered in chaparral was donated to the County of San Diego from the Rancho Santa Fe Irrigation District. This land was developed into the park we have today. The upper park was opened in 1965, and the lower park was opened in 1977.

Bench at the top of the trail with a view of large open lawns and miles of communities