Navajo is a hilly community in
San Diego
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, California, near
East County. It is a designated planning area for the city of San Diego. It includes the neighborhoods of
Del Cerro
Del Cerro (Spanish for "of the hill") is a hilly residential neighborhood of approximately 2,300 residents in the eastern part of San Diego, California. Del Cerro borders the communities of San Carlos, Allied Gardens, College Area, Grantville ...
,
Grantville,
San Carlos, and
Allied Gardens
Allied Gardens is a residential neighborhood in the eastern Navajo community of San Diego, California. It neighbors San Carlos to the east, Del Cerro to the south, the College Area to the southeast and Grantville to the southwest.
History
Alli ...
.
The area encompasses approximately . Its boundaries are
Interstate 8
Interstate 8 (I-8) is an Interstate Highway in the southwestern United States. It runs from the southern edge of Mission Bay at Sunset Cliffs Boulevard in San Diego, California, almost at the Pacific Ocean, to the junction with I-10, ...
on the south,
La Mesa on the southeast,
El Cajon
El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, lit. 'the box') is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was named for the box-like shape of the valley tha ...
and
Santee on the east, and the
San Diego River
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on the north.
Navajo is known for its natural attractions such as
Mission Trails Regional Park
Mission Trails Regional Park is a open space preserve in San Diego, California, United States. The park was established in 1974. It is the sixth-largest municipally owned park in the United States, and the largest in California.
Description
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,
Lake Murray, and the San Diego River. The community was named for Navajo Road, a major street that runs through the area.
The area is also served by the
San Diego Trolley
The San Diego Trolley is a light rail system serving San Diego County, California. The trolley's operator, San Diego Trolley, Inc. , is a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). The trolley operates as a critical componen ...
.
References
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Neighborhoods in San Diego