Le Parc de Kit Carson à Escondido est un parc de loisirs, et un parc de sculptures. Créé en 1967 à Escondido, (Californie), en hommage à Kit Carson, un des héros de la Conquête de l'Ouest. Ce parc de ville, dont une partie est consacrée à la préservation de la nature, comporte de nombreux espaces de jeux ou de sport.
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San Pasqual High School is a public high school in Escondido, California. It is named after the nearby San Pasqual Valley. It is within the Escondido Union High School District.
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Mershops North County is a shopping mall in Escondido, California, owned by Mershops. The mall includes Target, JCPenney, Round1 and Macy's, and 24 Hour Fitness.
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San Pasqual Valley is an American Viticultural Area located in northern San Diego County, California within the thin San Pasqual Valley landform of the Peninsular Ranges which runs inland from the city of Escondido north of the city of San Diego. The 9,000-acre region was established as the nation's fifth, the state's third and the county's initial appellation on August 17, 1981 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by Charles W. Froehlich, Jr. of San Pasqual Vineyards proposing a viticultural area in San Diego County named "San Pasqual Valley."
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The Lake Hodges Bridge is a component of Interstate 15 that spans Lake Hodges in San Diego, California, just south of the city limits of Escondido. It is an important part of San Diego's north–south transportation axis. Depending on the amount of rainfall in San Diego County, Lake Hodges's water level fluctuates significantly. As such, the bridge may cross over water or a dry lake bed. Due to the vast amount of vegetation that springs up when water levels are low, the area below the bridge has been jokingly referred to as "Hodges National Forest".
The original bridge was constructed in 1919. The bridge later became integrated into the newly constructed U.S. Route 395. As part of a roadway realignment and improvement project, the original structure was demolished in 1968, and replaced with a new structure in 1969. That bridge was subsequently replaced in 1981, when I-15 was built to supersede US 395. The current bridge is a concrete viaduct. It was widened and replaced in 2006–2009 as part of a project to add managed lanes in the I-15 corridor.
As a traffic bottleneck, the bridge is vulnerable to traffic jams in North San Diego County. The nature of the lake and the surrounding land makes the bridge the singular access into the city of San Diego from inland North County. The only two major ways around the bridge are the Del Dios Highway, a two-lane winding road to Interstate 5 via Del Mar, and the 25-mile trip through Ramona into Escondido. Although paved access roads through the San Pasqual Valley to the east of Lake Hodges do exist, they are lightly traveled and are not designed to handle heavy traffic. The bridge is thus effectively the only crossing point for drivers on the route.
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San Diego Ostrich Ranch was an ostrich farm in Escondido, California. The ranch opened in 1986 and 100 ostriches lived on the 35 acre property owned by Phil and Margaret Sargent, located near the San Diego Wild Animal Park.
Il a été choisi par Niki de Saint Phalle pour construire un ensemble de sculptures monumentales offertes à la ville : Queen Califia's Magical Circle. Il existe également un Kit Carson Park à Taos : le Kit Carson Memorial State Park que l'on envisage de renommer pour ne pas le confondre avec celui-ci .