Penasquitos Creek Waterfall

A very nice public park with about twelve miles of easy walking trails, some by the Penasquitos Creek and Waterfall. It stretches through a diverse canyon area in the suburban San Diego sprawl. Horses and mountain bikes are allowed on the trails.

The walk there is about 4 miles and 4 miles back. It's kid, dog, and horse friendly. There is a river and lots of trees. The water fall is beautiful also. Don't walk alone. There are cougars, big deer, bobcats, and coyotes... oh and snakes. I left my family and ended up walking alone, scaryyyy. I was so afraid and praying, lol.

Not a bad spot for a 7.5 mile or longer hike in your backyard. Waterfall was a good feature though busy with lots of people.

1st time here. It was an easy and flat trail. We stopped at the waterfall for 15 mins, and it was pretty peaceful. We are definitely coming back.

Los Penasquitos Canyon and the Penasquitos Creek Loop Trail are awesome. Temp on the February day I hiked was 50F when I started and around 64F by the time I finished - beautiful hiking weather. Being a Friday, trail wasn't crowded. Creek had plenty of water (unlike the summer months) and the "waterfall" was falling. Saw plenty of crows, a few hawks, and 1 coyote. Overall a very peaceful place with only the birds and running creek to listen to (until the Marines fly their F/A-18s overhead and remind us we're still in San Diego)...