San Clemente Canyon

The 467 acres (189 ha) of dedicated natural parkland include finger canyons and mesas on the south side.

[3] The main canyon and its tributaries continue to support a population of resident wildlife including raccoons, skunks, rabbits, amphibians, reptiles, and birds, and serve as a pathway for coyote, fox, and other native mammals.

[3] Marian Bear, an active community leader and environmentalist, worked to preserve the canyon in its natural state.

[3] Over 40 million years ago an ocean covered San Clemente Canyon during the Eocene epoch of the Paleogene period.

The fossils are preserved in the sandstones and siltstones of the Scripps Formation that is best exposed in the roadcuts along Regents Road and Genesee Avenue.