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Sweetwater Summit Regional Park

Name: Sweetwater Summit Regional Park
Rating: 1.50

Type: Trail

Length: 1.50 Miles

Elevation Gain: N/A

Cost: Free

Rating:

(1.50)1

Difficulty: 1star

(1.00)

Solitude:

(3.00)

ADA Accessible: Yes

Bikes Allowed: Yes

Dogs Allowed: Yes

Interpretive Guide: No

Address: 3218 Summit Meadow Rd

City: Bonita

County: San Diego

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Wonderful view of Sweetwater Reservoir and Mt. San Miguel in the background. (Photo by Blaze)

This dam was completed in 1888 and the reservoir provides 30 million gallons of drinking water to the area. (Photo by Blaze)

Great views of Mt. San Miguel, a very prominent landmark in the southeast San Diego area. (Photo by Blaze)

A view of the trailhead sign that starts very close to the ranger station at the entrance. (Photo by Blaze)

Sweetwater Summit Regional Park has some open green space and is a nice place to spend the day, but many people come here to camp overnight in the campground. (Photo by Blaze)

Another View of the Water Park (Photo by Blaze)

Sweetwater Summit Regional Park has a nice little water park for the kids. (Photo by Blaze)

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Sweetwater Reservoir Loop
By Blaze on 8/30/2019
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Distance: 11.54 Miles Duration: 6 hours, 21 minutes

My wife and I hiked a long loop around the reservoir starting from Sweetwater Summit Regional Park. We found out much later in the day that we should not have been hiking around the reservoir, but the gate was open so we thought the trail was open and decided to explore. Apparently the gate had been left open temporarily by the workers to do some work around the reservoir, but we didn't know that. When we saw the workers heading back in their trucks, they didn't tell us we weren't supposed to be there and/or to turn back/leave, so we didn't know anything was wrong until much later. Our goal was to hike to the end of the reservoir and exit, but we found ourselves completely fenced in so we kept hiking all the way to the dam. The entire area was fenced in there, too, but luckily a worker came by in a work truck, scolded us and let us out of the gate. Once out, we took the Quarry Trail back up into Sweetwater Summit Regional Park. Crazy day, but an awesome hike!