El Cajon is a city in San Diego County in Southern California. The city is nicknamed "The Big Box".

Get in

By train

The local San Diego Trolley light rail system serves El Cajon with two lines: the Orange Line, which travels through La Mesa and Lemon Grove to Downtown San Diego, and the Green Line which heads past SDSU and through Mission Valley to San Diego's Old Town and Downtown. El Cajon has two stations, which are served by both lines:

• 1 El Cajon Transit Center (at Palm and Marshall Avenues).  
• 2 Arnele Avenue station (at Arnele and Marshall Avenues).  

By plane

• 3 Gillespie Field (SEE  ^IATA). General aviation only  

See

• San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex, 335 Kenney St, ☏ +1 619-258-1221. 8 AM - 3 PM (closed Tues and Sun). Aircraft museum and displays. Free (donations accepted). (updated Feb 2020)

Do

Evening primrose flowers at the Water Conservation Garden

• Water Conservation Garden, 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West, ☏ +1 619-660-0614 ext 10. Beautifully curated, features informative displays for children and adults 
• 1 Boomers! El Cajon. 
• Mother Goose Parade. (Annually on the Sunday before Thanksgiving). El Cajon's annual Mother Goose Parade is the largest parade in San Diego County and the largest of its type west of the Mississippi. Free. (updated Feb 2020)
• 2 The Magnolia, 210 East Main St, ☏ +1-619-651-2004. Concert venue. (updated Feb 2020)

Buy

• 1 Parkway Plaza, 415 Parkway Plaza (Just north of I-8 and west of Hwy 67), ☏ +1 619-579-9932. Features 160 department stores, mall shops, restaurants and a Regal Cinemas IMAX 3D stadium movie theater. Stores at the mall include Walmart, Macy's and Dick's Sporting Goods store.  

Eat

• Ali Baba Restaurant, 421 E Main St, ☏ +1 619 442-3622. Very great Middle Eastern food at a great price, a good thing to get with groups is the feast 
• Barbeque Pit, 2388 Fletcher Pkwy, San Diego, ☏ +1 619 462-5434. 
• Fred's Old Fashioned Burgers, 1285 E Madison Ave, ☏ +1 619 447-2300. 
• Beef 'N Bun Whistle Stop, 2477 Fletcher Pkwy, ☏ +1 619 465-0767. 

Drink

• Hooleys Irish Pub, 2955 Jamacha Rd, ☏ +1 619 670-7468. 
• Press Box Sports Lounge, 2990 Jamacha Rd, ☏ +1 619 713-6990. 

Sleep

• Best Western Continental Inn, 650 N Mollison Ave, ☏ +1 619 442-0601, toll-free: +1-800-882-3781, fax: +1 619 442-0152. 
• Best Western Courtesy Inn, 1355 E Main St, ☏ +1 619 440-7378, fax: +1 619 588-0582. 
• Best Western Santee Lodge, 10726 Woodside Avenue, Santee, ☏ +1 619 449-2626, fax: +1 619 449-0819. 
• Days Inn El Cajon, 683 N Mollison Ave, ☏ +1 619-442-0973. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Complimentary daily breakfast, free high-speed wireless Internet, swimming pool, hot tub, business center and conference facilities. 
• Motel 6 San Diego - El Cajon, 550 Montrose Ct, ☏ +1 619 588-6100, fax: +1 619 588-1973. 
• Quality Inn & Suites San Diego East, 1250 El Cajon Blvd, ☏ +1 619 588-8808. Rates include hot breakfast, Hi-speed wireless Internet, outdoor heated pool & whirlpool, in-room microwave/refrigerator. 
• Travelodge, 425 W. Main St, ☏ +1 619 441-8250. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 49.99+. 

Go next

Routes through El Cajon

San Diego ← La Mesa ←

W  E

→ El Centro → Yuma