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Around Del Mar
The neighbourhoods, the daily rhythm and the drive to everywhere else — the part of a home search a listing sheet never covers.
See homes near here →The desk is building a real map of Del Mar — outdoors, local flavor, the commute and daily errands — rather than printing a generic list.
The desk hasn't surveyed wine & local flavor around Del Mar yet — this card fills in as soon as it has, real names only.
Places from OpenStreetMap, September 10. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Distances are straight-line from the city centre, not drive times.
Where Del Mar actually breaks down, in the desk's own words.
Full neighbourhood file →Local legend holds that the neighborhood's curving hillside streets were mapped by following flour trails left by horse-drawn delivery wagons; it includes Sea Grove and Powerhouse Parks along the bluff.
A roughly two-square-mile district that was home to about 8,390 residents as of the 2010 Census, making it home to most of the city's population despite Del Mar's small overall footprint.
Grew gradually from the 1950s and 1960s onward out of what began as a small hillside artists' colony, now known for ocean and lagoon views.
The San Diego County Fair has had a permanent home here since 1936, and horse racing at the Del Mar Racetrack began the following year in 1937.
Coastal bluffs beneath the rail line erode at an average of about six inches a year, with a 2021 landslide narrowing the margin to the tracks to roughly 35 feet and prompting an $11 million emergency repair.
Ordinary life in Del Mar, the way it actually runs — not a highlight reel.
Coffee at Bohemian Alchemist, then whatever the day actually needs.
An hour at Seagrove Park, between the errands that never show up on a listing sheet.
Dinner at Salt + Lime, then a short drive back to whichever neighbourhood you call home.
Illustrative scenes, not photographs of the places named. Places from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Real listings live in Del Mar right now — not a wish list.
All Del Mar listings →
Active listings, as of September 22. Photos are illustrative — not photographs of the address on the card.
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