Epic Travel → North America → The West Coast → Southern California → San Diego Area → North County → Blue Sky Ecological Reserve

Location: Poway area, northeast of San Diego

Distance: 5 miles roundtrip

Elevation Gain/Loss: 800 feet

Time Required: 2 hours

Red Tape/Notes: Visit the Hiking Project page for more information on the hike, including driving directions.

What’s Nearby?: Lake Poway, Poway Crags, Daley Ranch, Dixon Lake, Potato Chip Rock, Fry-Koegel Trail

This area is nice for a quick escape and a breath of fresh air. Although the “trail” is along an old truck road, the area has long been banned to motorized vehicles so the road generally has a pleasant overgrown feel to it. For about two thirds of the distance, the road travels along beside a creek with lovely live oaks and willows (watch out for poison oak though!) shading the way, and then heads uphill to climb to the top of the Ramona Reservoir, providing nice views from there. About a mile in, a trail branches off to the south (on the right if you’re on your way towards the reservoir) and heads to Lake Poway, which offers another nice, quick hike.

Epic Travel → North America → The West Coast → Southern California → San Diego Area → North County → Blue Sky Ecological Reserve