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Blazing a Trail from Canada to Mexico Entirely on Public Lands |
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Click on a state label for recreation info.
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This website is brought to you by the nonprofit Public Lands Interpretive Association. Revenues earned through sales support the Association's efforts to promote responsible outdoor recreation on America's public lands. |
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Family Day Trips Around San Diego
As parents or caregivers, you might be hard-pressed sometimes to find quality experiences together with your kids, whether they are toddlers or teens. Turns out, getting outdoors together in nature is a great way to bond with your kids in ways that supports critical brain development. The Children and Nature Network just released a great guide to building stronger families through outdoor activity.
San Diego parents are lucky, because not only are there many terrific regional and city parks within the city limits but all kinds of adventures lie just beyond the metro area. If you're looking for fresh ideas for family outings near San Diego, starting near the ocean is always a great idea.
To the south of San Diego, the coastal wetlands, salt marshes and dunes of Tijuana River Estuarine Research Reserve and the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge protect a coastal lagoon visited by nearly 400 species of birds, including many endangered species like California brown pelicans and least terns. The visitor center for both is on the refuge. The nearby Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge on San Diego Bay protects similar wetlands habitat and also has a visitor center. If you have an RV and you want to turn your family day trip into a camping trip with your kids, consider the Silver Strand State Beach.
At the other end of San Diego Bay, Cabrillo National Monument offers a lighthouse and museum, nature trails, whale watching (now!), and birdwatching. Just north of San Diego, Torrey Pines State Reserve and Torrey Pines State Beach protect America's rarest pine tree as well as salt marshes and waterfowl habitat. This is a great place for family hiking trips, either in the forest or along the bluff-lined beach. Pack a lunch, bring the kids, leave the dogs at home and have some fun with your family near San Diego!
View vicinity map of recreation destinations around San Diego
Recommended books and maps for recreation around San Diego |
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Torrey Pines State Reserve and Beach. Photo courtesy Javier Velzquez-Muriel, some rights reserved
Silver Strand State Beach. Photo courtesy Ken Lund, some rights reserved.
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Warm Weather, Wildlife and the Wild West on the San Pedro River
Off Roading in Southern California
Winter Birding on the Colorado River
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29 Jan 2012
Grand Canyon Trivia Trek: An Intrepid Rim-to-Rim Historical Journey
One of the natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon is host to a wealth of natural and human history. Flood Hefley mines this mother load turning up a fortune of fascinating facts, together with historic and personal photographs, to enrich your experience of Grand Canyon National Park. You'll read about Colorado River runners, Native Americans and pioneers, bridges and dams, trails and routes, mining in the canyon, trails and routes, historic camps and campgrounds, historic Grand Canyon figures, and much more. 2012, 184 pp. $16.95
Purchase Gran Canyon Trivia Trek |
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28 Sep 2011
New Map from National Geographic
25 Aug 2011
New Map for Cibola National Forest in New Mexico
17 Aug 2011
Roads to the Past: Highway Map and Guide to New Mexico Archaeology
10 Aug 2011
Utah Road & Recreation Atlas
3 Aug 2011
Montana Road & Recreation Atlas
27 Jul 2011
Arizona Strip Visitor Map
20 Jul 2011
New Edition: Colorado Road & Recreation Atlas
30 Jun 2011
Public Lands Gift Certificates
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Free National Landscape Conservation System Map
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), National Geographic Society, in partnership with the NLCS, produced this beautiful, bilingual (English/Spanish), full color map of America's newest conservation system. The map is free but regular shipping charges apply. Click on the link to order up to 2 free NLCS maps from PLIA's online public lands bookstore. If you need more than two maps, please call us toll free at 877-851-8946
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10th Anniversary Map
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Free Endangered Species and Other Pins
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