These trails are close enough to San Diego to make decent and convenient day runs.
In these pages you will find some nice resources for reviewing and choosing 4 wheeling runs. You’ll find trail descriptions, maps, GPS tracks and waypoints, videos, and pictures. In addition there are example run announcement texts. There is basically everything a potential run leader needs in order to put a run together.
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (ABDSP)
________ABDSP north
Calcite Mine 1 (Including tour of Font’s Point, Vista del Malpais, and Seventeen Palms)
Pinyon Mtn. Trail 2+
Chariot Mountain (Mason Valley TT, Oraflamme, Rodriguez) 1 – 2
(Lower) Coyote Canyon 1+
The Slot/Hawk Canyon/Buttes Pass 1+
Grapevine
________ABDSP south
Canyon Sin Nombre 1+
Sandstone Canyon 1+ – 2
ABDSP South Tour 1+ – 2
Jacumba
Mountain Springs Trail 2 – 2+
Carrizo Gorge Overlook Trail (Table Mountain) 2 – 2+
Jacumba Border Trails, Elliot Mine, and Valley of the Moon 2
Cleveland National Forest
________CNF south, Buckman Springs
Corral Canyon: Bronco Peak Trail 1+ – 4+
Corral Canyon: circle, Espinoza 1+ – 2 – 2+
________CNF north, Ramona
Black Mountain TT, Lusardi TT, Orosco Ridge Rd, Santa Ysabel Rd 1 – 1+
Misc.
Otay Mountain Truck Trail
Donohoe Mountain trails (Sycamore Canyon, Mocogo Ranch) 2 – 2+
Painted Gorge 2 to 3
A bit far for day runs.
Truckhaven 1 – 3
Superstition Mountain 1 – 5
Ocotillo Wells
Big Bear