Stride StoriesRunning tour · San Diego
Gaslamp to the Harbor
4.9 mi run
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The stories on this route
The Gaslamp Quarter
Look up at the arch over Fifth Avenue. Gaslamp Quarter, it says. Hold that thought.
The Unconditional Surrender statue
Look up: a sailor and a woman in white, locked in a kiss, about 25 feet tall. Underneath, people copy the pose.
USS Midway
Look up at that flight deck. It's about a thousand feet long. Midway was commissioned eight days after the end of World War II, and she served for 47 years.
Star of India
Look ahead at those masts. That's the Star of India. She was built in 1863 at Ramsey, on the Isle of Man, as the Euterpe, named for the Greek muse of music.
The County Administration Center
Look at the long cream building with the red tile roofs and the 150-foot tower in the middle. It's nicknamed the Jewel on the Bay, and it sits on reclaimed tidelands.
Little Italy
You're on India Street, the main street of Little Italy. Glance down the cross streets toward the bay. That water was the old workplace.
Santa Fe Depot
Look at the great arched entrance, between twin towers with colourful tiled domes. Each one shows Santa Fe's blue cross. For San Diego, this station is the evidence of a long fight to become the western end of a transcontinental railway.
Stories researched October 2026 · every fact checked against a source
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