AMUSEMENT & THEME PARKS Belmont Park-Giant Dipper Roller Coaster 619 491-2988 Knott’s Soak City Water Park Chula Vista (619) 661-7373 Legoland Carlsbad (760) 918-5346 Seaworld (619)-222-6363 California Skateboard Parks Wave Water Park Vista (760) 940-9283 AQUARIA & ZOOS Birch Aquarium at Scripps UCSD (858) 534-3474 Chula Vista Nature Center (619) 409-5900 San Diego Zoo (619) 234-3153 San Diego Wild Animal Park (760) 747-8702 Seaworld (619) 222-6363
BIRD WATCHING La Jolla Cove San Elijo Lagoon Encinitas Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary Lakeside (619) 443-2998 Tijuana Estuary Imperial Beach (619) 575-3613 for more San Diego Birding info see-- The Audubon Society & Southwest Birders FLOWERS & GARDENS Anza-Borrego Wildflowers Balboa Park Gardens (619) 232-5762 Carlsbad Flower Fields (760) 431-0352 Japanese Friendship Garden of San Diego (619) 232-2721 Hermitage & Meditation Gardens Encinitas (760) 753-2888 Quail Botanical Gardens Encinitas (760) 436-3036 Water Consevation Garden El Cajon (619) 660-0614 (Many of the birding areas above are also wonderful gardens.) GOLF Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Courses (858) 552-1784 (for detailed listing of public and private golf courses see: http://www.golfsd.com) HISTORICAL INTEREST Cabrillo National Monument (619) 222-8211 Old Town State Historic Park (619) 220-5422 Juniper Serra Museum & Presidio (619) 297-3258 San Diego Historical Society Museum (619) 232-6203 Veterans Memorial Center and Museum (619)239-2300 MARINE LIFE Chula Vista Nature Center (619) 409-5900 Grunion Runs (i.e. spawning) Harbor Seal Watching Local Whale Watching 12/26-4/1 (619) 234-4111 Seaworld (619)-222-6363 Tidepooling a few recommended places: Cabrillo National Monument La Jolla Tennis (tide pools south of beach) La Jolla’s Wind and Sea area MUSEUMS OF ART & INVENTION Balboa Park Museums California Surf Museum Oceanside (760) 721-6876 Heritage of the Americas Museum El Cajon (619) 670-5194 Mingei International Museum (619) 239-0003 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (858) 454-3541 Museum of Photographic Arts (619) 238-7559 San Diego Aerospace Museum (619) 234-8291 San Diego Art Institute 619 236-0011 San Diego Automotive Museum (619) 231-2886 San Diego Maritime Museum (619) 234-9153 San Diego Model Railroad Museum (619) 696-0199 San Diego Museum of Art (619) 232-7931 Timken Museum of Art (619) 239-5548 MUSIC & DANCE 4TH & B (619) 231-4343 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach (858)481-8140 City Ballet of San Diego (858)272-8663 California Center for the Arts Escondido 800-988-4253 Coors Amphitheatre Chula Vista (619) 671-3600 Cox Arena SDSU (619) 594-7315 Humphrey’s By The Bay (619) 523-1010 San Diego Ballet (619) 294.7378 La Jolla Chamber Music Society (858) 459-3724 La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (858) 534-4637 San Diego Opera (619) 570-1100 San Diego Symphony (619) 235-0804 San Diego Youth Symphony (619) 233-3232 Sports Arena (619) 224-4171 Spreckels Organ Society (619) 702-8138 World Beat Center (619)230-1190 THEATRE Coronado Playhouse (619) 435-4856 Broadway San Diego (619) 570-1100 La Jolla Stage Company (858) 459-7773 Lamb's Players Theatre Coronado (619)437-0600 North Coast Repertory Theatre (858)481-1055 San Diego Junior Theatre (619) 239-8355 San Diego Repertory Theatre (619) 544-1000 San Diego's Balboa Park Puppet Guild (619) 685-5990 Starlight Theatre (619) 544-7827 The Globe Theatres (619) 239-2255 see- Calendar of San Diego Performing Arts League SCIENCE AND WONDER Palomar Observatory (760) 742-2119 Children's Discovery Museum Carlsbad (760) 720-0737 Children's Museum of San Diego in transition (619)233-8792 Reuben H. Fleet Science Center (619) 238-1233 San Diego Natural History Museum (619) 232-3821 ext. 203 SDSU’s Mount Laguna Observatory (619) 594-1415 Museum of Man (619) 239-2001
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