State Scenic Highway 125 125
State Scenic Highway 125 is a scenic drive in California. Within California it covers roughly 9 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along State Scenic Highway 125 with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
State Scenic Highway 125 is a short stretch of Route 125 in San Diego County recognized for passing through a memorable landscape free of visual clutter. The recognized segment runs between State Route 94 near Spring Valley and Interstate 8 near La Mesa, officials having described it as free of visual intrusions like billboards or heavy commercial development. The larger Route 125 corridor runs from Otay Mesa near the Mexican border north to State Route 52 in Santee, but it is only this middle section, through the rolling terrain around Spring Valley and La Mesa, that has been singled out for scenic recognition. As with most of California's eligible-list highways, it still needs a local corridor protection program before Caltrans can grant it full scenic-highway status. For now it functions as a heavily used San Diego County commuter route whose short scenic segment gives drivers a break from the surrounding suburban sprawl.
- SR 94 to I-8 segment, San Diego County
- Spring Valley to La Mesa
- recognized "memorable landscape" corridor
- Otay Mesa to Santee overall route
- eligible for state scenic highway status
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About this drive
This is a scenic drive — a road worth taking for the views and the journey itself rather than the quickest line between two points.
Where to Stay along State Scenic Highway 125
1 campground or RV park sits within about 5 miles of State Scenic Highway 125.
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