A small park with tables, benches, and bocce-playing areas.


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2. Firehouse Museum

0.13 MILES

This museum preserves a historic collection of fire-fighting equipment and has exhibits depicting some of San Diego’s ‘hottest’ moments from the late…

3. Museum of Contemporary Art

0.45 MILES

In an upcycled Santa Fe Depot baggage building, this well-respected museum presents changing exhibits drawn from a collection spanning the arc of artistic…

4. Maritime Museum of San Diego

0.46 MILES

Next to the new Waterfront Park, this collection of 11 historic sailing ships, steam boats and submarines is easy to spot: just look for the 100ft-high…

5. Long-Waterman House

0.52 MILES

The opulent former home of California Governor Robert Whitney Waterman was built in 1889. It has an ornate porch and a tower. It's a private residence, so…

6. US Grant Hotel

0.55 MILES

No hotel in the region can compare to the Hotel del Coronado for history, but US Grant, built in 1910, comes close. It’s on the National Register of…

7. Timken House

0.6 MILES

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8. San Diego Air & Space Museum

0.74 MILES

An ode to flight, the circular museum houses an extensive display of historical aircraft and spacecraft (originals, replicas and models), including a hot…