San Diego California Events. Area focus - Carlsbad

City: Carlsbad
Area Population: 35,562
Elevation: 197 feet above sea level
Distance from downtown SD: 35.6 miles northwest

Carlsbad State Beach
Carlsbad, CA 92008 Map

Carlsbad State Beach is located on the San Diego Coast. It offers swimming, surfing, scuba diving, fishing and beachcombing. This small beach is located at the foot of coastal bluffs, south of the town on Carlsbad.

Location - Directions
The beach is located on Carlsbad Boulevard, Highway S21 at Tamarack in Carlsbad.
Latitude/Longitude: 33.1581 / -117.3497

South Carlsbad State Beach
Carlsbad, CA 92008 Map

This San Diego beach features swimming, surfing, skin diving, fishing and picnicking. The large bluff-top campground is very popular, especially in summer. Stairs lead to the beach.

Campground showers---TOKEN operated
Token machines at ranger station and campfire center
Tokens available upon check-in

Location-Directions
The beach is located 3 miles south of Carlsbad on CARLSBAD BLVD.
Take INTERSTATE 5, exit PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD.
Go west to CARLSBAD BLVD - SOUTH.
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto ramp CARLSBAD BLVD. – SOUTH.
Merge onto CARLSBAD BLVD. – SOUTH, continue 1.6 miles to campground entrance.

Campground Address
7201 Carlsbad Blvd.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
The campground entrance is not accessible from Poinsettia Ave.

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Post Office
2772 Roosevelt Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(800-275-8777) Map

Schools
Carlsbad

Buena Vista Elementary School (K-6)
1330 Buena Vista Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-5400) Map - Website

Calavera Hills Elementary School (K-6)
4100 Tamarack Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-6300) Map - Website

Hope Elementary School (K-6)
3010 Tamarack Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-5900) Map - Website

Jefferson Elementary School (K-6)
3743 Jefferson Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-5500) Map - Website

Kelly Elementary School (K-6)
4885 Kelly Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-5800) Map - Website

Magnolia Elementary School (K-6)
1905 Magnolia Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-5600) Map - Website

Valley Middle School (4-8/7-8)
1645 Magnolia Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-5300) Map - Website

Carlsbad High School (9-12)
3557 Lancer Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-5100) Map - Website

Carlsbad Village Academy (Alternative Education)
1640 Magnolia Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760-331-5200) Map - Website

Useful Links
Carlsbad

California State Parks
Carlsbad Unified School District
San Diego County Business Directory - Carlsbad
Wikipedia - Carlsbad, California

Carlsbad is a seaside resort-town in the North County section of San Diego County, California. According to the state Department of Finance, the city had a total population of 90,271 in 2003. Carlsbad was incorporated in 1952, in large part to generate sufficient funding to connect with the water pipeline running through San Diego County, but also to avoid being annexed by Oceanside. It is one of the most expensive coastal cities in North County, San Diego.

The city has drafted ordinances protecting sensitive wildlife habitat, one of the first such ordinances within the state of California. The city has also promised to protect a certain amount of land within city limits from development of any kind, along with spending significant funds to restore habitats destroyed by newer development projects.

Because of its desirable location, relatively low population density and high performing school districts, the city is seen to have a high quality of life. Land is also a premium, thus, real estate is rather expensive even for Southern California. The annual Forbes Magazine ranking of the "Most Expensive ZIP Codes" in the U.S ranked Carlsbad ZIP codes as the 304th (92011) and 477th (92009) most expensive in the nation.

History

Carlsbad's history begins with the Luiseño people who located one of their villages, Palamai, near what is today Agua Hedionda Lagoon. Modern-day Carlsbad came about when in the 1880s a former sea captain named John Frazier dug a well for water. He began offering his water at the train station and soon the whistle-stop became known as Frazier's Station. A test done on a second fresh-water well found the water to be chemically similar to one of the most famous spas in Europe in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), Czech Republic.

To take advantage of this find, a partnership named the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company was founded. It was founded by a German-born merchant from the Midwest named Gerhard Schutte, Samuel Church Smith, D.D.Wadsworth and Henry Nelson. The naming of the town followed soon-after along with a major marketing campaign to attract visitors. The area experienced a period of growth, with homes and businesses appearing in the 1880s. Agricultural development of citrus fruits, avocados and olives soon changed the landscape, but Carlsbad is no longer a farming-centered community.

But by the end of 1887, the real estate bubble had burst and land prices slid all throughout San Diego County. The community survived though, due to the agricultural opportunities available. Even today, Carlsbad has a German-American population estimated at 20 percent of residents, among other ethnic and racial groups made the city a diverse one* (According to the United States Census Bureau, the city's ethnic breakdown as of 2000 for zip code 92008 was 84% white, 1% black/African American, 4% Asian, and the balance other ethnicities. Hispanics of any race make up 20% of the population) . The site of John Frazier's original well can still be found at Alt Karlsbad, a replica of a German Hanseatic house, located on Carlsbad Boulevard.


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