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Guajome Regional Park

Oceanside, CA

★★★★★4.6(1,565 Google reviews)

A 550-acre county park with a small lake, marsh boardwalks, two day-use areas with newer playgrounds, trails and a full campground — one of the best all-in-one North County park days. Bring binoculars, because the wetland is a serious birding spot, and expect mud at the lake edge after rain.

~$5 day-use parking

San Diego CountyOceansidePark

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What visitors say

  • Citygal★★★★

    Many things to do here. Trails to explore. Many people ride their bikes. Motorized bikes not allowed. There’s an upper pond and a lower lake and a marsh, and a few bridges make the journey fun. There’s camping —-no tent camping —but trailer camping. Playgrounds are well kept and safe. Have to pay to park. Many trees are deliberately not trimmed in the name of conservation? Stay away during fire season.

    4 months ago

  • R M★★★★★

    I love coming to this park. It’s relatively quiet, peaceful, and big enough where it’s great to get a nice trail walk in without going too far! I paid for the yearly parking rate in January, which was $25. Soooo worth it. The daily rate is not worth it if you come multiple times! The rate is now doubled to $50 a year or $5 a day. Be sure to look out for duck and horse poop on the trails. The campground is also relatively quiet, and I’ve never had any issue or concern with the occupants that stay there when I’m walking around. My only wish is that they had better irrigation for the grass hills. It can be quite muddy during rainy season- even if several days go by of sunshine, there seems to always be mud on the nice green hills.

    a year ago

  • Nick Bowan★★★★★

    Great hidden treasure off the 76 in North County. There’s plenty of trails here for walking , biking and horseback riding. Trails are clearly marked and have speed warning signs for people on bikes. There’s a campground nearby and an attached parking area that cost $3 for the day. I opted to park on one of the residential streets across from the entrance to the trails. The trails go past two lakes and there a few little bridges that span the streams that feed into the lakes. I saw lots of birds, a rabbit and a weasel of some sort. There are warning signs for rattlesnakes but I didn’t see any reptiles. Great park with decent selection of trails. There a sparingly few trash cans so please take your trash with you and keep the park clean

    2 years ago

  • Sonya Delgado Vankoughnet★★★★

    I’m so sad, I spent years here with my children enjoying the park. I came a few times and and had a great time enjoying the park, only yesterday I couldn’t get a reservation online so I called and paid over the phone. The person who took my reservation did not write the correct email and I never received any confirmation. I hooked up and left to get supplies and when I returned the gate was locked so I looked for my email and nothing, so I called and no answer, I left a message marked urgent! But nothing so I drove home disappointed. I emailed and called again and they said just leave, we have another person coming. I feel so hurt, and disappointed. I emailed in hopes of staying another night and putting this behind me with communication and an apology for yesterday but they said just leave? Unbelievable the entire situation is unbelievable! So sad yesterday no one was anywhere, today they were out and about, but still no paperwork on my windshield as if I was so neglected. I disappointed in the staff there. I found sheet metal screws on the ground again? Odd? When driving away the guy was angry because I said something about everything.

    5 months ago

  • Janey GoExplore★★★★★

    Big and nice park, some unpaved trails along the lake, a lot of ducks and some people fishing at the lake. Parking is $3 but it will increase to $5 after 2/18. Dog on leash allowed.

    a year ago

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