Explore Escondido
Opening hours, prices and tickets for places worth your time.
Dixon Lake Recreation Area is a city park around Dixon Lake, a reservoir completed in 1970 in the hills on the north-eastern edge of Escondido. Visitors fish from the shore and piers or rent rowing boats, walk trails through the chaparral above the water, picnic and camp, and paths connect to the neighbouring Daley Ranch preserve.
Official site
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park in the San Pasqual Valley near Escondido opened in 1972 as the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Spread over about 730 hectares, about half kept as protected habitat, it shows herds of African and Asian animals such as rhinos, giraffes and antelopes in wide field enclosures, seen from a tram or walking trails.
Official siteTickets available
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