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How walkable is Point Loma?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Point Loma has a walkability score of 52 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in San Diego, which scores 65 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
164 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Point Loma. The nearest grocery is Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks. It is weakest for banks and books & libraries.
- Jensen's Foods10 min
- The Village Store24 min
- Cup of Yo9 min
- PLNU Dining21 min
- Point Loma Cabrillo Drug9 min
- TR Music & Voice Lessons15 min
- Bobby B's22 min
- Moniker Coffee Co25 min
- HomeStreet Bank23 min
- Chase Bank23 min
- Canon Street Park14 min
- Sunset Cliffs Natural Park23 min
- Sunset View Elementary School12 min
- Silver Gate Elementary School12 min
- Barnes & Noble College20 min
- Common Knowledge Bookstore21 min
- Bach Collegium San Diego11 min
- Salomon Theatre23 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Point Loma at 32.7265, -117.2445. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 64 street intersections per km², and blocks average 127 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Point Loma
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Point Loma. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in San Diego
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Little Italy | 7.1 km | 94 |
| Downtown San Diego | 7.8 km | 92 |
| Gaslamp Quarter | 8.1 km | 98 |
| Hillcrest | 8.2 km | 86 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the San Diego page.
Questions about walking in Point Loma
Is Point Loma walkable?
Partly. Point Loma in San Diego has a walkability score of 52 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Point Loma more walkable than the rest of San Diego?
Point Loma is less walkable than San Diego as a whole: it scores 52, against 65 for the 5 km around San Diego's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 San Diego neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in San Diego?
Of the 5 San Diego neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Gaslamp Quarter (98), Little Italy (94) and Downtown San Diego (92).
How is the walkability score of Point Loma calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Point Loma it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.