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Balboa park

San Diego, California, USA

Balboa park

Length3.9 mi
Elev. Gain262.4 ft
Est. Steps9000

Lake

Wild flowers

Historic site

Created by PacerGuy_1965
Introduction
Balboa park is a 3.9 mile (9,000-step) route located near San Diego, California, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 262.4 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Balboa Park (San Diego)

Park
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) urban cultural park in San Diego, California, United States. In addition to open space areas, natural vegetation zones, green belts, gardens, and walking paths, it contains museums, several theaters, and the world-famous San Diego Zoo. There are also many recreational facilities and several gift shops and restaurants within the boundaries of the park.

Morley Field Sports Complex

Park
Morley Field Sports Complex is a sports complex in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The sports complex was named after John Morley, who served as a park superintendent in Balboa Park from 1911 to 1939.

Timken Museum of Art

Tourist Attraction
The Timken Museum of Art is a fine art museum, established in 1965 and located at 1500 El Prado in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, close to the San Diego Museum of Art. It is the only Balboa Park museum with free admission.

San Diego Museum of Art

Tourist Attraction
The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park in San Diego, California that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. The San Diego Museum of Art opened as The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed its name to the San Diego Museum of Art in 1978.

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

Tourist Attraction
The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is a model railroad exhibit in San Diego, California. At 27,000 sq. ft., it is the largest such indoor exhibit in North America, and one of the largest in the world. The museum is on the lower level of the Casa de Balboa Building on the Prado in Balboa Park. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday 10 AM - 4 PM, Saturday & Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM and is closed on Mondays.

San Diego History Center

Tourist Attraction
The San Diego History Center is a museum showcasing the history of San Diego, located in the city's Balboa Park.

Museum of Photographic Arts

Tourist Attraction
The Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) is a museum in San Diego's Balboa Park. First founded in 1974, MOPA opened in 1983. MOPA is one of three museums in the US dedicated exclusively to the collection and preservation of photography, with a mission to inspire, educate and engage the broadest possible audience through the presentation, collection, and preservation of photography, film and video.

Fleet Science Center

Tourist Attraction
The Fleet Science Center (previously the 'Reuben H. Fleet Science Center') is a science museum and planetarium in Balboa Park, located in San Diego, California. It is at the east end of the El Prado Drive walkway, next to the Bea Evenson Fountain and plaza in central Balboa Park.Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today.

Casa de Balboa

Place
Casa de Balboa is a building in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. The building was originally known as the Commerce and Industries Building, and later called the Canadian Building, the Palace of Better Housing, and the Electric Building.

Casa del Prado

Place
The Casa del Prado comprises several reconstructed buildings that were initially built for the Panama–California Exposition in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.
Route Details

Length

3.9 mi

Elev. Gain

262.4 ft

Est. Steps

9000
Created by
PacerGuy_1965
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