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This is a list of museums in San Diego County, California, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public ...
SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 1: El Prado Area: Balboa Park: 9/7/1967 Long, wide promenade running through the center of Balboa Park, lined with Spanish Revival buildings including the Museum of Us, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art
Historic U.S. Route 80 also passes through the Mountain Empire, as does the now disused San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway. Natural features in the region include Mount Laguna at 6,302 feet (1,921 m) in elevation, [ 4 ] eastern Barrett Lake reservoir, Campo Creek, Carrizo Gorge , Cottonwood Creek, Miller Creek, and Pine Valley Creek.
Old Town is a neighborhood in San Diego, California. It contains 230 acres (93 ha) and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and south. [1] It is the oldest settled area in San Diego and is the site of the first European settlement in present-day California. [2]
East County does not have an official geographic definition, although East County boundaries are unofficially drawn by the County of San Diego for its second district. [1] It commonly includes El Cajon , La Mesa , Lemon Grove , Poway , and Santee , as well as suburban and rural unincorporated communities such as Lakeside , Spring Valley , Jamul ...
Returning to San Diego in February 1943, Viking operated there into 1944. On 27 October 1944, Viking steamed to San Pedro, California, for a refit. She returned to San Diego later in November 1944. On 31 December 1944, Viking departed San Diego in company with the fleet ocean tug USS Tenino (ATF-115) bound for Clipperton Island.
Tierrasanta, Spanish for "holy land," or "holy ground", is a community in San Diego, California. The symbol of Tierrasanta is an encircled Conquistador cross, similar to one atop Montserrat mountain near Barcelona, Spain, though it no longer holds any religious meaning. The community is referred to as "The Island in the Hills" by locals and on ...
San Diego Zoo Safari Park, formerly known as the San Diego Wild Animal Park, 35 miles (56 km) north of the San Diego Zoo and east of Escondido SeaWorld San Diego on Mission Bay. Mission Bay Park , including Fiesta Island, a sheltered bay popular for water sports, also known for the annual over-the-line tournament.