I love this park and have been to it hundreds of times. The views of the ocean and cliffs are outstanding. Unfortunately, the years of drought have been devastating to the iconic Torrey Pines trees and it pains me to see how many have died. It is particularly wonderful to see in Spring when the wildflowers are in bloom and the beach walk along the cliffs is the most beautiful in the area. They are slow to fix the eroded trails and at $15-$20 a day, the parking is way too expensive unless you have a California Parks Pass.

Friends took me here, prior to patronizing the Lodge (separate review) and I liked it. Sort of. The admission to drive to the top was stiff. The volunteers in the lodge were friendly and helpful. The trails to the Outlook were steep. The advertised osprey, bald eagle, red tail hawk and falcon failed to show. Maybe they were still working on the Thanksgiving Turkey… Don’t go out of the way to go there, but if it’s on the way, you might give it a thought. **

If someone had not recommended me this hike as a memorable experience while visiting San Diego, I’d never have looked for it. It was a far longer hike than expected, but once there, totally worth the effort. The views from the different vistas were amazing. The Torrey Pines Lodge Museum (nearly at the top) was small but just right in its offerings. They had an educational video playing in a small room that was very interesting and the people working there were friendly and kind. You could tell they enjoy their jobs and that makes the visit even better. There were real washrooms at the base, I’d recommend making good use of them before making the climb. Once up at the top there are portable potties only. There are also two spots along the way where you can drink from a fountain and/or top up your water bottle. That was a blessing!

Beautiful nature reserve with lots of trails, beautiful sandstone cliffs, and gorgeous sunset. There are numerous trails in the reserve, well maintained and pretty easy. Trails are not crowded. The cliffs turn amazingly beautiful golden color at sunset.

Beautiful views from the trails of the ocean, city of San Diego. A few benches to relax on and enjoy the view. $ 20 to park/ enter the preserve. We felt it was steep but then so was the walk up to the preserve/ trails if you don’t park at the top. We enjoyed the walk to Razor point and Yucca point. Both close together, all in we spent about two hours in the park including visiting the visitors centre. Be aware to use the toilets at the base car park as the ones at the top are portable loos and pretty disgusting.

Beautiful views and trails! We parked at the lower level lot for $20/car and walked up the hill to the visitor section. Our family took the beach trail down. I wish we ventured off to see some other views but the teenagers were racing ahead. A great day and beautiful scenery regardless. The beach is gorgeous!

All the trails are well marked and fairly easy. Be sure to go at low tide so you can walk down from the cliffs and have lots of time to walk along the shore. There was a very proud sea lion entertaining us with his little lion shark catch (see photo) on the day we were there. It was just lovely!

$15 to get a car into the park. We went mid-day on Wednesday. Some of the lots were close to full, but we hung out and got a spot. If we didn't, we could park near the entrance, but that would have been a long walk to the visitor center trails. Nice, quick, and easy trails, we'll maintained. Very nice and helpful staff to help us out.

we took the scenic route from Oceanside back to San Diego, stopping at parks along the coast. Torrey Pines was the first. most folks try to park along the highway, with good reason, the fee to park in the park itself is stiff. the walk to the top of the cliff isn't particularly strenuous, but it's not easy either. however, you will be rewarded with scenic views of the coastline. plenty of beautiful native flora abounds along the trail. worth the effort. Recommended

This was a beautiful hike. At the recommendation of the Park Ranger in the Visitor Center, we did the Guy Fleming Trail which was short but had amazing sunset views of the ocean. The only downside was finding it. If you have your own car, I’m guessing there’s no issue, but if you’re Ubering like us, the Uber App takes you to a golf cart garage area connected to Torrey Pines golf course, about two miles away from the entrance to the park. We pulled it up on our own maps app and after some convincing, we got our driver to take us to the correct spot. There’s a gat at the entrance and vehicles have to pay to go in, so he dropped us off at the entrance. From there it was about a mile uphill to the visitor center. At the end of the hike we went back out to the main road where there was a “Rideshare Pickup/Dropoff” designated spot, so that made the trip back much easier. Good luck!