Palomar Mountain State Park
San Diego
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 1909
- Established
- 1932
parks detail
- Hook
- Sierra-like conifer forest at 5,500 feet near the famous observatory
- More
- The CCC built its campgrounds under firs and cedars that feel airlifted from the Sierra, and Doane Pond stocks trout for kids' first casts. Pair it with the observatory's 200-inch Hale telescope museum up the road; the Weir Trail is the classic loop.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.341, -116.906