Friends of Maple Canyon

Just a short walk from Balboa Park, Hillcrest or downtown — Maple Canyon is the jewel of Bankers Hill. A signed trailhead on Third Avenue (just north of the footbridge) leads hikers into the canyon which wends under two historic bridges at Quince Street (built in 1905) and First Avenue (1931). Kate Sessions was responsible for early plantings in this urban treasure located in Park West.

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Maple Canyon clean-up November 2004

 

Thank for helping to keep the canyon clean

Thanks to volunteers from I Love a Clean San Diego and Friends of Maple Canyon a dumpster full of trash was removed from this beautiful canyon two blocks west of Balboa Park on Satruday morning, April 26, 2008. The group cleaned out trash from several homeless encampments and chopped down invasive bamboo-like plants (arundo) from the north end of this Bankers Hill treasure. Thank you sooo much to everyone who pitched in and made a difference. The Maple Canyon is now safer as well as cleaner!

Please carry out any trash you find to help keep this canyon clean and safe for all San Diegans to enjoy.

For canyon information, call Al Weiss at (619) 338-8373.

Maple Canyon Clean-up, Saurday, April 26, 2008

More neighborhood clean-ups.

First Avenue bridge over Maple Canyon South side of the Quince Street pedestrian bridge in Maple Canyon Maple Canyon access from the end of Brant

 

 

 

 

< First Street (Peoples) Bridge was completely assembled on the floor of its fabrication plant in Ohio before being dismantled and shipped to San Diego.

 

The best way to enter the canyon is from a steep trail just north of the Quince Street pedestrian bridge on Third Avenue (trail marker can be found in the stand of eucalyptus trees).

You may also enter the canyon off Reynard Way at Maple Street or down a dusty & steep trail descending just west of the First Street bridge or another at the end of Brant (pictured above). It’s a beautiful place for a stroll. Enjoy!!