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Exit 26 — I-5 in California

Milepost 26 · 40 places at this exit.

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Worth the stop ♥: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego · Windansea Surf Shack

Gas · 2

Place	Off the ramp
Shell	1.2 mi · gas station	call
Shell Recharge Charging Station	1.9 mi · ev charging station	call

Food & restaurants · 15

Place	Off the ramp
Turmeric Thai Garden	0.8 mi · thai restaurant	call
Joseph Khouri	1.0 mi · restaurant
Nana's Cookie Company	1.1 mi · bakery	call
Sea and Sky	1.1 mi · restaurant	call
Cusp	1.1 mi · mediterranean restaurant	call
Starbucks	1.2 mi · cafe	call
Subway	1.2 mi · sandwich shop	call
Maruketo Bakery	1.2 mi · bakery	call
Shore Thing Cafe	1.3 mi · cafe	call
Cooper's Market & Cafe	1.3 mi · coffee shop	call
Galaxy Taco	1.3 mi · taco restaurant	call
Sandpiper Wood Fired Grill & Oysters	1.3 mi · seafood restaurant	call
Outcast Grill	1.3 mi · bar and grill restaurant	call
Shorehouse Kitchen	1.3 mi · breakfast and brunch restaurant	call
Brick & Bell Cafe - La Jolla Shores	1.3 mi · cafe	call

Hotels & stays · 10

Place	Off the ramp
Curio Collection by Hilton	1.1 mi · hotel	call
La Jolla Riviera Inn	1.4 mi · inn	call
La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club	1.4 mi · hotel	call
La Jolla Shores Hotel	1.5 mi · hotel	call
Residence Inn by Marriott	1.9 mi · hotel	call
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts	2.0 mi · hotel	call
Aventine	2.0 mi · hotel	call
Hyatt Regency	2.1 mi · hotel	call
La Valencia Hotel	2.2 mi · hotel	call
La Jolla Cove Hotel and Suites	2.2 mi · hotel	call

Things to see · 13

Place	Off the ramp
Mount Soledad Cross	0.5 mi · attraction
Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial	0.5 mi · monument	call
Playground	0.6 mi · playground
Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial	1.6 mi · monument	call
La Jolla Swing - Coastal Walk Trail	1.8 mi · attraction
Acuario San Diego Californi	1.8 mi · aquarium
Birch Aquarium Meuseum at San Diego	1.8 mi · museum
Sunny Jim Cave	2.0 mi · attraction
The Cave Store	2.0 mi · attraction
Nautical History Gallery	2.1 mi · museum	call
Monarch Arredon Contemporary	2.1 mi · museum	call
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ♥	2.4 mi · museum
Windansea Surf Shack ♥	2.7 mi · attraction

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