Best-Value Neighborhoods in Poway, CA

Twin Peaks, the rocky double summit visible across much of central Poway, sits inside Green Valley. The neighborhood fills the hilly ground between Twin Peaks Road and Lake Poway Road, north of the city's center, with Rancho Bernardo over the western line and Old Coach and the lake to the north. ... See Full Page

South Poway holds the working half of the city. Everything south of Poway Road and west of Midland Road falls inside it, from the civic center and the branch library to the South Poway Business Park, which fills the flats along Scripps Poway Parkway with offices, warehouses and light industry. ... See Full Page

Garden Road takes up the eastern end of Poway, where the city's streets give out against Iron Mountain and the boulder hills along Highway 67. It shows the rural side of the City in the Country, with Old Poway on its western side and Green Valley up across Twin Peaks Road. ... See Full Page

Rancho Arbolitos is the west side of Poway that most visitors see first, the stretch between Poway Road and Twin Peaks Road where the city meets Rancho Bernardo and Sabre Springs. Behind the commercial frontage along its two main roads sits a large, settled grid of curving residential streets. ... See Full Page

Old Coach covers Poway's northern reach, the big wedge of oak canyons, golf fairways and estate lots east of Espola Road that runs up to the San Dieguito River country. A large share of the city's open land is here, and much of it is protected, with Lake Poway and the Blue Sky Ecological Reserve both inside the boundary. ... See Full Page

If Poway has a town square, it is Old Poway Park on Midland Road, and the blocks around it make up the Old Poway neighborhood. The area runs from Poway Road north to Twin Peaks Road between Community Road and Espola Road, a compact slice of the city that holds most of what longtime locals mean by the old town. ... See Full Page