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Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego

The Gaslamp Quarter is a historic neighborhood in downtown San Diego, California.

Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego · Wikimedia Commons
The place

The Gaslamp Quarter is a historic neighborhood in downtown San Diego, California. It extends from Broadway to Harbor Drive and from 4th to 6th Avenue. The neighborhood is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places as the Gaslamp Quarter Historic District. It includes over 90 historic buildings, most of which were constructed in the Victorian era; many are in use as restaurants, shops, entertainment venues, and nightclubs.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    San Diego Zoo

    The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in San Diego, California, United States, located in Balboa Park. It began with a collection of animals left over from the 1915 Panama–California Exposition that were brought together by its founder, Harry M. Wegeforth.

    2.8 km · zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Petco Park

    Petco Park is a ballpark in San Diego, California. It is the home of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball.

    500 m · stadium in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Balboa Park

    Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use.

    2.5 km · historic park in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    San Diego Museum of Art

    The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine art museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. It opened as the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed to its current name in 1978.

    2.4 km · art museum in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    San Diego–Coronado Bridge

    The San Diego–Coronado Bridge, commonly referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a prestressed concrete/steel girder fixed-link bridge crossing over San Diego Bay, linking San Diego with Coronado, California. It is signed as part of State Route 75.

    2.8 km · bridge that goes through San Diego-Coronado · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Timken Museum of Art

    The Timken Museum of Art is a fine art museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, close to the San Diego Museum of Art. It was established in 1965.

    2.4 km · art museum in California, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St. Joseph Cathedral, San Diego

    St. Joseph Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the Cortez Hill neighborhood of San Diego, California, in the United States.

    1.1 km · cathedral of the diocese of San Diego · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    San Diego Air & Space Museum

    The San Diego Air & Space Museum is an aviation and space exploration museum in San Diego, California. It is located in Balboa Park and is housed in the former Ford Building, which is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.

    1.7 km · museum in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Museum of Us

    The Museum of Us is a museum of anthropology located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The museum is housed in the historic landmark buildings of the California Quadrangle.

    2.3 km · museum in San Diego · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Balboa Stadium

    Balboa Stadium is an outdoor stadium in San Diego, California, adjacent to San Diego High School and Balboa Park. Owned by the City of San Diego, it is leased to San Diego Unified School District.

    1.3 km · American multi-sport stadium in San Deigo, California · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego

Airports
San Diego (SAN), 4 km · General Abelardo L. Rodriguez (TIJ), 26 km · John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 126 km
Stations
Rockwell Field, 3.9 km
  • Santa Ana → Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
    3484 km · quickest by air, 14h 28m · $750–1,130
  • Palm Springs → Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
    137 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · $16–22
  • Long Beach → Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
    151 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · $14–19
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTaxis of other color combinations are shared ride taxis operating on a fixed route like a bus.
  • Get inSome air taxi and air charter firms offer specials to the San Diego area from local airports, including from many smaller Los Angeles airports and from the San Luis Obispo area.
  • Go nextTemecula Wine Country is located about 60 minutes northeast of San Diego on I-15 and makes a good day trip.

From Wikivoyage: San Diego, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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If you know how people move in Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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