San Diego Trails
San Diego is one of the most beautiful places in United States. With high rolling mountains, natural lakes, breath-taking beaches, and beautiful state parks, you really can’t go wrong! The trails we have in San Diego are Tecolote Canyon, Peñasquitos Canyon Reserve, Torrey Pines and Mission Trails, just to name a few. These are our most popular and known trails. Our school went on a hiking trail in Tecolote canyon. Here are some pictures.
The hikes through Tecolote Canyon and Mission Trails Park was an amazing trip. All along the hike we saw different plants that grow within the Chaparral. It was a tough hike cause of the steep hills, streams and the slippery rocks. But it was completely worth the efforts. We saw a waterfall on Mission Trails Park. Along the Tecolote Canyon we crossed several streams, some of us got our shoes pretty soaked.
- Coastal Sage Scrub
- Tecolote Canyon Natural Park "Tecolote Canyon Natural Park & Nature Center offers its visitors a variety of educational and recreational opportunities. The Canyon has approximately 6.5 miles of trails that can be used for jogging walking and mountain biking."
- 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."
- Torrey Pines State Reserve "Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve is located within San Diego city limits and yet remains one of the wildest stretches of land on our Southern California coast!"
- Blue Sky Ecological Reserve "Blue Sky Ecological Reserve (BSER) is one of 119 ecological reserves of the California Department of Fish and Game. The primary purpose of the Reserve is habitat conservation."
- Riparian
- Oak Woodland
- Tecolote Canyon Natural Park
- Mission Trails
- Los Penasquitos Canyon Reserve
- Blue Sky Ecological Reserve
- Spring Wildflowers
- Salt Marsh
- Chaparral
Tijuana River Estuary
As you can see the most common of plants on San Diego hiking trails are the coastal sage scrub and spring wildflowers.
- Tecolote Canyon- There are snakes and lizards of all kinds. Also there are harmless animals such as possums, rabbits and squirrels.
- Mission Trails- There are the same animals in Tecolote Canyon, but there are some predatory such as coyotes, bobcats and the occasional mountain lion.
- Torrey Pines State Reserve- There are many type of snakes that live here. They include the southern pacific rattlesnake, gopher snake, kingsnake, and the striped racer.
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Chula Vista Nature Center- It is known for its exhibits of native plants and animals. It is a well-known zoo and aquarium.
