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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