Elfin Forest, California

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This article is about the settlement in San Diego County. For the botanical preserve, see
Elfin forest
.

Elfin Forest is an

Rancho Santa Fe
to the south.

This rural community is located about 5 miles by road from the Pacific Ocean and contains large homes on rolling hills and many trails for hiking and horseback riding. Most of the properties, which are split between the

Rancho Santa Fe school district and SDHS
school district, have amenities for horses and/or grow trees like avocado, orange, lemon, and grapefruit. Elfin Forest is home to a large number of domestic horses and farm animals.

The community maintains a strict minimum lot size requirement of 2 acres (8,100 m2) and does not allow sub-dividing.

Elfin Forest is said to be haunted.[2]

Hiking

The 750-acre Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve is a family hike through an ecological preserve. The Way Up trail climbs up to 1200 ft elevation and has many tributary trails. The Escondido Creek marks the trailhead. The main trail is 1.6 miles long and meanders up a wall then leads up to numerous trails of varying difficulties. There is a well-marked botanical trail describing the various plant life in the area. The hike passes next to the Olivenhain Dam and can also extend about 9 miles one way over the mountain to Lake Hodges.[3]

This is a photo of the Olivenhain dam & reservoir, which is located within the Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve. It is visible from part of the 11 miles of hiking that the reserve offers.
Olivenhain Dam & Reservoir view from an Elfin Forest trail
Rock ledge

Flora

Elfin Forest is one of the terms used by naturalists to describe the

Elfin forest is also a type of Dwarf forest
in coastal California and elsewhere.

References

  1. ^ "Elfin Forest". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Kragan, Pam (October 20, 2016). "North County's most haunted spots". San Diego Union-Tribune.
  3. ISBN 9780899978017
    .

External links
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