That’s the beauty of the Annie’s Canyon Trail, a short, inviting slot canyon hike etched into the southern end of the San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve about 20 miles north of San Diego.

This trail in northern San Diego County takes you along Interstate 5, through a narrow canyon, and up ladders, to breathtaking views of a lagoon. Annie’s Canyon Trail in Solana Beach is a 2-mile ...

The sun was still baking Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on an early Friday evening last spring when I arrived in the parking lot of one of California’s little-known slot canyons.