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Balboa Park
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA

Balboa Park

Length2.5 mi
Elev. Gain72.2 ft
Est. Steps6000
Created by maria

Balboa Park Introduction

Balboa Park is a 2.5 mile (6,000-step) route located near San Diego, California, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 72.2 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Balboa Park

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California Quadrangle

Place
The California Quadrangle, California Building, and California Tower are historic structures located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. They were built for the 1915–16 Panama-California Exposition and served as the grand entry to the Expo. The buildings and courtyard were designed by architect Bertram Goodhue.

Cabrillo Bridge

Place
The Cabrillo Bridge in San Diego, California is a historic bridge providing pedestrian and light automotive access between Balboa Park and the Uptown area of San Diego. It was built for the 1915 Panama–California Exposition. The bridge was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and was named a Local Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1986.

Botanical Building

Place
The Botanical Building is an historic building located in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. Built for the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition, it remains one of the largest lath structures in the world. Alfred D. Robinson (1867–1942), founder and president of the San Diego Floral Society, suggested the construction of a lath house as a feature of the Panama–California Exposition, which was to open in the City of San Diego on January 1, 1915.

Alcazar Garden

Place
Alcazar Garden is a garden in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the United States.

Bea Evenson Fountain

Place
Bea Evenson Fountain is an outdoor fountain in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.Designed by noted modernist architect Homer Delawie, the fountain honors Bea Evenson (1900–1981), the founding president of the park's Committee of 100, organized in the late 1960s to save or reconstruct the buildings of the Panama–California Exposition of 1915.

Big Open Skull

Place
Big Open Skull is an outdoor 1966–1973 bronze sculpture by Jack Zajac, installed outside the San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.

Aim I

Place
Aim I is an outdoor 1980 aluminum sculpture by Alexander Liberman, installed at the San Diego Museum of Art's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of California.

El Cid Campeador (sculpture)

Place
El Cid Campeador is an outdoor equestrian statue depicting the Spanish knight El Cid by artist Anna Hyatt Huntington, architect William Templeton Johnson, and the foundry General Bronze Company, installed at Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama, in San Diego, California. The bronze sculpture was created in 1927 and dedicated on July 5, 1930.

Odyssey III

Place
Odyssey III is an abstract 1973 painted aluminum sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, installed outside the San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.The Rosenthal sculpture was purchased by the San Diego Museum of Art in 1974 with matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Spanish Village Art Center

Place
The Spanish Village Art Center is located in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. Anni von Westrum Baldaugh was among the artists who had studio space at the Spanish Village. Current tenants include the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society and the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs.
Last updated: Jun 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

2.5 mi

Elev. Gain

72.2 ft

Est. Steps

6000
Created by
maria
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