Tijuana

Border Field State Park was open, but the road into the park was closed, so I had to walk in from the entrance gate. The beach stretches north from the border toward the mouth of the Tijuana River and on towards Imperial Beach. I had it all to myself, except for the Border Patrol guy sitting in his jeep, although by the time I left, a few more folks could be seen in the distance.  There were more people on the south side of the fence - the beach on the Mexican side is much more developed than it is on the American side.

This blog is occasionally guilty of geographic pandering or at least of flaunting geoesoterica -- state high points, major watersheds and divides, and so forth.  In keeping with that rich tradition, this post completes an important set - the four corners of the continental United States.

Top Left:  Cape Flattery, 2011
Top Right:  West Quoddy Head, 2010
Bottom Right: Key West, 2006
Bottom Left:  Tijuana, 2013

Nitpicking is possible, since while it is relatively straightforward to identify the eastern or northernmost points, it is less clear how one defines the most northwestern or southeastern, since you have two variables to work with.  Is West Quoddy Head the eastest north and Presque Isle the northest east?  But you get the point. And the southwesternmost point is unambiguously this one.

I could take this farther, so to speak, and mention Polihale (sort of westernmost) and Homer (sort of the end of the road).