La Jolla Heights Open Space

This small trail head isn’t really mentioned in many places across the internet but during my hike from Del Mar to Mount Soledad one day I noticed there was a cut through this green area off of Google Maps. This place according to the sign is referred to as «La Jolla Heights Open Space» and is a preserved area by San Diego City for their water reservoir service area. This is basically a trail head that goes up and down the mountain from the bottom at Al Bahr Drive all the way up to Encelia Drive. At the bottom of Al Bahr, it’s a small path with a city sign on the side (
) stating all the usual rules. At the top on Encelia, it’s a big paved driveway with a car rail with the Water reservoir sign (
).
The trail itself is not too long really, it should only take about twenty minutes or so to get from the bottom all the way to the top. The path is very rocky though and isn’t made for biking or running really at all. It also forks a lot but they all end up coming back to the main path. Its very well defined though and not a lot of brush around it means not having to worry about stepping on a rattler or something. But once you get to the top, you get very amazing beautiful views of the downtown La Jolla area (
). Someone even went so far as to put a bench (
) up top so you can sit and relax, maybe even enjoy the sun set. This trail is relatively easy and definitely worth going up/​down if you enjoy views of San Diego’s amazing beaches.