Destinations

San Diego, California

San Diego is in southern California near the Mexican border
San Diego lies along the southern coast of California near the Mexican border. It is 125 miles (200 km) south of Los Angeles and about 600 miles (1.000 km) south of San Francisco. It is situated along the shores of a large bay sheltered behind several low-lying peninsulas. This great natural harbor enticed the Spanish missionary Father Junipero Serra to found the first of his series of 21 missions here in 1769. During the Second World War, the US Navy established its primary Pacific naval base and naval airfield at San Diego.