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San Diego Beach Hikes Cardiff To Carlsbad
an Diego offers a bevy of come to the beginning of the
interesting hikes. With the bluffs that will line the beach
average home price being to the end of the hike. San Elijo
around $500,000, they better be campground is on top of the
interesting! initial bluffs and extends for
roughly a mile north. The
To unwind, I typically stop on my campground is very popular and
way home from work to hike from the temporary home of locals and
Cardiff to Carlsbad on the beach. tourist. You can tell the
For picturesque sunsets and difference by contrasting tans
"tasty waves", the beach between with sunburns.
Cardiff to Carlsbad can't be
beat. Following San Elijo, you will
walk through Sea Cliff County
Cardiff - Starting Park with bluffs over 100 feet
high. An area known
I typically start this hike by affectionately as "Swami's"
parking just south of restaurant quickly follows this park. The
row in Cardiff. Restaurant row is name derives from the fact the
located to the north of the area above the bluff is the home
lagoon between Cardiff and Solana to the Self Realization
Beach on Highway 101. Parking is Fellowship Center. This area is
located on the side of the road, know as hot surf spot, but is
which is right up against the very crowded. If you are a bit
beach. Give me convenience or winded, you can stop and watch 50
give me death! or so surfers maneuver for waves.
Yes, traffic jams aren't
As you head north, you first pass exclusively restricted to
Charlie's and other restaurants. California freeways.
Past the restaurants, you will
North of Swami's, you will cruise the beach that are deserted. Yes,
along a long strip of sand hemmed even during summer. The only
in by 50 to 60 foot bluffs in the thing breaking up the solitude is
town of Encinitas. For those with Moonlight Beach, a fairly popular
a wicked sense of humor, there is beach with locals. Otherwise,
a relatively popular game called, it's just you, shells and joggers
"Watch the house fall." Yes, the until you arrive at the end of
bluffs are giving away slowly. As the bluffs and South Carlsbad.
they erode, the homes first lose Time to turn around and find the
plants, then patios and so on. car.
They say real estate is all about
location, location, location, but The Cardiff to South Carlsbad
sometimes a beach front home hike is about 5 miles in each
isn't all that great. direction. The walk is flat and
quick. By the end, you will be
The Encinitas section of the hike relaxed and forget that Bert in
is fairly long. With the high accounting is a jerk. Enjoy.
bluffs, you will find sections of
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