North County Coastal

San Diego North County, locally referred to as North County, refers to a region in the northern portion of San Diego County, California.

Definitions vary, but always include the cities along Interstate 5 and Route 78 and north of Carmel Valley Road. (west to east: Oceanside and Carlsbad, Vista, San Marcos, and Escondido) as well as points north (such as Fallbrook). Cities north of an imaginary line west from Escondido (such as Encinitas) are also included. But for both geographic and political reasons, opinions differ as to whether to include the northern communities within the city of San Diego (Rancho Bernardo, Scripps Ranch), or close in cities such as Solana Beach, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Aviara, Del Mar, Carmel Valley, Rancho Santa Fe, etc.