Guajome Regional Park
Oceanside, CA
By Simir Shah
★★★★★4.6(1,566 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.
Happening near here
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3000 Guajome Lake Rd, Oceanside, CA 92057, USA
~$5 day-use parking
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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.
5 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
- 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
- Andrea Yamamoto★★★★★
We really enjoy this park. The nature trails are wonderful and the lake and nearby pond add to the overall nature experience. There is a children's playground on site as well as a volleyball court, pickleball court, and workout equipment. The campgrounds are well maintained with all RV hookups available at each site. The park also has a dumping station. Each site has a concrete parking slab with greenery all around. Each site also has a clean and well maintained picnic table and fire pit. The restrooms and showers are clean and in excellent working condition. Codes to enter the restrooms and showers are issued to campers and changed regularly for added security. Tokens for the showers are available at the park office where they also sell firewood. We have camped at this park on three separate occasions and enjoy it immensely!
2 years ago
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