Visitor Information
The County parks page lists Del Dios Highlands County Preserve at 9860 Del Dios Highway, Escondido, California 92029, with park phone number 760-745-4379.
The same page lists hours as 8 a.m. to one hour before sunset daily and says pedestrian access is available from sunrise to sunset daily. Check current County pages, posted notices, closures, rules, events, maps, safety notices, and facility conditions before practical use.
Preserve Context
The County parks page describes Del Dios Highlands County Preserve as 774 acres of open space in Escondido. It says the County partnered with the Escondido Creek Conservancy and the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority to acquire, restore, and coordinate preservation of the parkland.
The page says the preserve includes coastal sage scrub and mixed chaparral habitats and provides habitat for mammals, reptiles, and birds of prey. This page uses those as broad public habitat statements only; it does not publish precise habitat locations, species locations, monitoring sites, or sensitive-resource locations.
Trail Context
The County parks page says the preserve includes a QR Fit exercise trail and 1.5 miles of multi-use non-motorized trail open for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. It also says the Del Dios Highland Trail straddles the San Dieguito and Escondido Creek watersheds.
This page records broad trail-resource context only. It does not publish route guidance, maps, current trail conditions, closure status, safety advice, or access guarantees.
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Good to know
Use this page as a sourced starting point for understanding what this place is, why it matters locally, and where the source trail leads.
- Use only broad public habitat, watershed, acreage, and preserve-context statements. Do not publish precise habitat locations, species locations, monitoring sites,...
Change and source dates
- Latest page update
- 2026-06-11
- Latest source check
- 2026-05-25
- Source snapshot
- 2026-05-25T08:44:52-07:00
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Source Notes
The source used here is the official County of San Diego Parks page retrieved on May 25, 2026. Statements are attributed to that retrieved page and should not be treated as current independent verification of trail conditions, access, closures, rules, safety, facility condition, ecological conditions, or land-management status.