Rose Canyon Open Space Park — Attraction in San Diego

I spent a few hours walking through Rose Canyon Open Space Park. I hiked on the Rose Canyon Trail which is the primary trail running from one end of the park to the other. The park may be entered from Genesee Avenue, Regents Road, or Bloch Street. I’ve always used the Bloch Street entrance which seems to be the “back door” entrance - it doesn’t have a fancy park sign like the one you’ll see on Genesee Avenue. Bloch Street is in a quiet neighborhood with plenty of street parking. The Rose Canyon Trail from Bloch Street to Genesee Avenue is 2.5 miles. Most of the trail is a dirt or dirt/rock road – wide, flat, and easy to navigate. A bit of easy climbing on a path is required near the Bloch Street end of the park. At the Bloch Street end of the park, you’ll get great views of Interstate 5 and the train and trolley tracks, and the noise that goes with them. The park has a creek running through it and at times you’ll walk near it or cross over it. A major native vegetation restoration project in taking place in the park. The trail is clean. The creek, unfortunately, had a lot of trash in it. The park had very few other visitors when I hiked on a Friday morning. The park does not have a visitor center, porta-potties, or other facilities. Pack it in,...

Rose Canyon is easy and convenient to access and hike. Near Genesee there is a walking garden space. Woods available on east side of Genesee north of H.S. To the west is shaded area on the south side trail(s). Trails go up into the community on the south portion of the canyon. The end of Regents Road on the North side has north side trail heads. Also at the end of Regents Road on the South side is parking and a shaded trail down into the canyon over the creek via small pedestrian bridge. As you go southwest in the canyon you will see many different types of foliage and environs. Listen for birds, woodpeckers, finches, mockingbird and owls. You might see red tail hawks hovering above. The end of the trail southwest get dry and dusty while going over a hilly are on the east. Trains pass close on the west side. Under the Highway 52 overpass you can enter into Marian Bear Natural Park, a more shaded area mostly. Lots of work has been done in Rose Canyon Open Space, more is being done! So please be kind to the nature, don't litter, and keep the noise to a minimum. We'll all be rewarded by...

Beautiful hike with varying elevations, lush veggitation, high and low canyon points, flowing creek; trails are pretty clean and maintained. Saw walkers, runners, cyclists, and a good amount of people with their dogs, a couple squirrels, a few frogs on the hillside walking parallel to the I-5, but not too much wild life otherwise. Just have to be aware of spots with loose dirt, gravel, and sand when walking along to avoid slips; at the end of the trail I lost my footing and sprained my ankle, while waiting for my hubby to get the car -I saw 2 other people hobbling injured out of...