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This trail connects the four canyons in City Heights for a true urban canyon experience
In 2009, San Diego Canyonlands began implementing Canyon Enhancement Planning in City Heights, an under-served and park-deficient community in central San Diego. We began with Manzanita Canyon as its pilot canyon, and - using a set of Existing Conditions Maps - held a series of five stakeholder planning workshops. In 2011 the stakeholders finalized their Manzanita Canyon Enhancement Plan. Progress was quickly made on several of the Enhancement Plan's projects, including USFWS funding for wetland restoration and a refurbished connector trail between Azalea Park and the south end of the canyon (formerly a dead end), completed with the help from Urban Corps volunteers and KTU&A Landscape Architect John Holloway.
Canyon Enhancement Planning in City Heights continued through 2012 as San Diego Canyonlands completed Enhancement Plans for nearby Hollywood, Swan and 47th Street Canyons (see below). This successful community planning helped us obtain a nearly $1 million in funding to implement the loop trail and other enhancement projects identified during the canyon enhancement process. The larger goal for City Heights Canyons was the creation of the loop trail that connects four City Heights Canyons.
Join a naturalist from San Diego Canyonlands every first Friday of the month on a guided hike along the City Heights Canyons Loop Trail! Sign up here.
