Drive Guide
Cliffside curves along the Pacific with ocean overlooks at Torrey Pines State Beach.
Twisty mountain switchbacks up to Palomar Mountain, popular with sports car drivers.
Short coastal loop past dramatic cliffside views, best driven near sunset.
Rolling backcountry roads out to the mountain town of Julian, apple pie optional.
Sweeping lakeside bends on Del Dios Highway between Rancho Santa Fe and Escondido.
Tight switchbacks up Soledad for a 360° city view, then a coast-down into La Jolla Shores.
Pine-lined ridge running along Sunrise Highway with desert overlooks down into Anza-Borrego.
Over the Coronado Bridge and down the Silver Strand with bay on one side, ocean on the other.
Where San Diego began. Climb the Point Loma peninsula to Cabrillo National Monument for tidepools, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse and a full harbor panorama.
The birthplace-of-cruising run: surf shops and taquerias in Ocean Beach, around Mission Bay Aquatic Park, then up Mission Boulevard through Pacific Beach.
A long-haul desert escape east to the Salton Sea, with the folk-art color of Salvation Mountain and the ruins of Bombay Beach at the far end.
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