1. Festival
Fallbrook Avocado Festival
One of the county's biggest street festivals each spring — 100,000 people, guacamole contests and all of Main Ave closed.
Cost: Free
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North County Inland
Fallbrook sits in the far northern corner of the county surrounded by avocado and citrus groves: a walkable art-gallery main street, tasting rooms, horse property and no freeway running through it.
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Fallbrook (North County Inland) is best known for Avocado Festival, Avocado and citrus groves, Art galleries on Main Ave. Plan on 60–75 min from downtown San Diego. Top picks: Fallbrook Avocado Festival, Main Avenue galleries & Fallbrook Art Center, Los Jilgueros Preserve.
Population
~35,000
Median home
~$900K
2BR rent
~$2,600 (2BR)
To downtown
60–75 min
Schools
Fallbrook Union Elementary + Fallbrook Union High
| Place | Type | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Fallbrook Avocado Festival | Festival | Free |
| Main Avenue galleries & Fallbrook Art Center | Art | Free–$10 |
| Los Jilgueros Preserve | Nature | Free |
| Santa Margarita River Trail Preserve | Hike | Free |
| Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens | Nursery/gardens | Free |
| Local tasting rooms & olive oil | Food/drink | $15–$25 |
| Pala Casino (15 minutes) | Casino | Free entry |
1. Festival
One of the county's biggest street festivals each spring — 100,000 people, guacamole contests and all of Main Ave closed.
Cost: Free
2. Art
A dense strip of galleries, antiques and the town's art center exhibitions.
Cost: Free–$10
3. Nature
Free 46-acre preserve with ponds and an easy loop trail.
Cost: Free
4. Hike
Riverside oak canyon with swimming holes after winter rain — one of North County's prettiest walks.
Cost: Free
5. Nursery/gardens
Nursery, gardens and a cafe worth the stop.
Cost: Free
6. Food/drink
Small wineries, an olive mill and grove tours dot the surrounding hills.
Cost: $15–$25
7. Casino
Full resort casino just up Highway 76.
Cost: Free entry
Avocados — it calls itself the Avocado Capital of the World and holds a huge spring Avocado Festival — plus its Main Avenue art galleries, groves and rural horse properties.
Yes if you like small towns: browse the Main Ave galleries, walk the Santa Margarita River trail, eat downtown and pick up avocados and citrus from a grower.
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