Location: 450 Ocean View Ave., Encinitas, CA 92024

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"The Monarch Program was created in 1990 to foster a growing interest from the public in monarch butterflies.  We are a research and education organization that uses the monarch (Danaus plexippus) as an educational model for learning more about plant and animal relationships.  In addition, we study its unique behavior and follow its phenomenal migration patterns to the coast of California and to the Transverse Neovolcanic Belt of Mountains west of Mexico City.

Our main facility is in Encinitas, 20 miles north of San Diego, California.  Here we study the behavior and biology of various native butterflies in our Butterfly Vivarium, conduct classroom field trips in our museum, cultivate plants in a greenhouse, rear butterfly livestock, and hold special events.  Our programs in the field include monitoring overwintering habitats, tracking tagged monarchs, monitoring spring and summer milkweed colonies, and studying butterfly species and their host plants."

Abandoned homes of Hellhole Canyon (Valley Center)

Aesthetigeist Art Collective (Downtown)

Altitude Sky Bar (Downtown)

B-39 Submarine

Balboa Botanical Building (Bankers Hill) 

Balboa Dirt Bike Trails (Balboa Park)

 Balboa Native & Rose Gardens (Balboa Park)

 Balboa Park Canyons (Balboa Park)

 Bates Nut Farm (Valley Center)

Bernardo Winery (Rancho Bernardo)

 Berkely Ferryboat (Seaport Village)

Blacks Beach (Torrey Pines)

Bates Nut Farm (Valley Center)

 Black Mountain Mine (Rancho Penasquitos)

Blue Sky Ranch (Lakeside)

 Bridle Trail (Balboa Park) 

 Butterfly Farm (Encinitas)

Cabrillo National Monument (Point Loma)

Cara Knott Memorial Garden (Rancho Penasquitos)

Carlsbad Flower Fields (Carlsbad)

Casa de Estudillo (Old Town)

Chapel of St. Francis Assisi (Warner Springs)

Centro Cultural de Raza (Bankers Hill)

Chicano Park Murals (Logan Heights)

Chinese Historical District (Downtown)

Christmas Light Displays (San Diego)

 Chula Vista Nature Center (Chula Vista)

Co-Habitat (Hillcrest)

Cosmopolitan Hotel (Old Town)

Coronado Sand Dune's Secret Message (Coronado)

Cuyamaca State Park (Cuyamaca)

Deer Park Montesary (Escondido)

Devil's Punchbowl (Julian)

Dia de los Muertos (Old Town)

Distinction Gallery (Escondido)

Downtown Julian (Julian)

Eagle Mine (Julian)

East Village Tavern + Bowl (Downtown)

Eichar's Grave (Rancho Penasquitos)

Elfin Forest (Escondido)

El Campo Cemetary (Old Town)

Exotica Rare Fruit Farm (Vista)

Fort Rosecrans Cemetary (Point Loma)

Four-o-clock Friday's (Del Mar)

Free Tuesdays at the Park (Bankers Hill)

Folk Arts Rare Records (Normal Heights)

 

Grant Hotel (Downtown)

Golden Hill Park (Golden Hill)

Harmony Grove (Escondido)

Harmony Grove Spiritualist Center (Escondido)

HMS Surprise Ship (Seaport Village)

Horton Grand Hotel (Downtown)

Hotel Del Coronado

(Coronado)

 

Ho Chi Mihn Trail ( La Jolla)

Inn at the Park (Bankers Hill)

Japanese Friendship Garden (Balboa Park)

 

Maple Canyon (Bankers Hill)

Marston House Garden (Balboa)

Mason Schoolhouse (Old Town)

Medea Steam Yacht (Seaport Village)

Mingei International Museum (Bankers Hill)

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala (Mission Valley)

Mission San Antonio de Pala Cemetary (Pala)

Morning Star Ranch (Valley Center)

Mount Soledad (La Jolla)

Mount Woodson Castle (Ramona)

Munchkin House (La Jolla)

Murphy Canyon (Serra Mesa)

Mushroom Beach (La Jolla)

Mushroom House (Torrey Pines)

Natural History Museum (Bankers Hill)

The Noble Experiment (Downtown)

Palomar Mountain

Palm Canyon (Bankers Hill)

Phap Vuong Monatsery (Escondido)

Pet Cemetery (Sorrento Valley)

Pioneer Park (Mission Hills)

Presidio Park (Mission Hills)

Presidio Park Historic Spots (Mission Hills)

Prohibition (downtown)

Rancho de Los Penasquitos (Rancho Penasquitos)

Rancho Penasquitos Waterfall (Rancho Penasquitos)

Ray St. (Northpark)

Record Paradise (Escondido)

Red Fox Piano Bar (University Heights)

Rock Canyon Vineyards (Alpine)

 

USS Dolphin Submarine (Seaport Village)

Unarius (El Cajon)

Victorian Village Heritage Park (Old Town)

Villa Montezuma (Golden Hills)

Xpressive Arts Center BYOB Classes (Poway)

99 Ranch Market

The Henry Miller Library

McWay Falls

Nepenthe Restaurant

Partington Cove

Pfeiffer Beach

River Inn

Spirit Garden

Bronson Caves (Griffith Park)

Korean Friendship Bell (San Pedro)

The Museum of Death (Hollywood)

The Sunken City (San Pedro)

Hearst Castle

 Photos coming soon!