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San Diego, CA 92037, USA
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About La Jolla Shores
La Jolla Shores in San Diego is a must-see diving spot for scuba divers, snorkelers, and kayaks as it is considered one of the best. It is a family-friendly beach as it provides a picnic area and playground. "La Jolla" is Spanish for a hilly seaside community. It is situated in the city of San Diego, California, the United States occupying 7 miles of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean.
Some Lesser Known Facts About La Jolla Shores
- La Jolla is home to a variety of businesses in the areas of lodging, dining, shopping, software, finance, real estate, bio-engineering, medical practice, and scientific research. The Salk Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Scripps Research Institute, and the headquarters of National University are also located here.
- La Jolla Underwater Park is located just off of San Diego La Jolla Shores offering 6,000 acres of tide-lands and two artificial reefs. It is protected as part of a marine reserve. The reefs attract various marine animals like dolphins and leopard sharks. La Jolla Canyon is also located just beyond this area, which is another popular underwater attraction for divers to observe the eclectic sea life.
- You can spot people participating in surfing, swimming, scuba diving, snorkeling and kayaking as well. Nearby attractions include the de facto nude beach called Black's Beach, and the Torrey Pines Gliderport.
- Back in the 1890s, when La Jolla was known as the resort area, a railway connected this seaside town to San Diego and Pacific Beach, allowing people to more easily access it.
- In the year 1896 journalist and publisher Ellen Browning Scripps settled in La Jolla, where she lived for the last 35 years of her life. She commanded many of La Jolla's most notable buildings like the La Jolla Woman's Club, the La Jolla Recreational Centre, The Bishop's School, and the Old Scripps Building at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. These were designed by Irving Gill or Louis John Gill. Many of these buildings are now on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Mount Soledad is an 822-foot tall hill on the eastern edge of La Jolla. This monument remains one of the highest points in San Diego. It was removed twice and the cross has had a war memorial built around it since and was renamed "Mount Soledad Veterans War Memorial".
- In the year 1894, it became an art colony. This was with the efforts of Anna Held who commissioned the Green Dragon Colony. This was a cluster of twelve cottages designed by Irving Gill. Later, The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego was founded in the year 1941.
- The La Jolla shores are a blend of rocky shorelines and sandy beaches, making it geologically diverse. Its neighboring attractions include La Jolla Cove, Boomers Beach, Shell Beach, Bird Rock, and Marine street.
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