Pine Hills Lodge, built in 1912, has served as a gathering place for San Diego County's socially elite, a training gym for boxer Jack Dempsey, a local movie theater, a dinner theater and, of course, rustic lodging that at one point included treehouses (!). Now, we get to call it home base for Camp Gutierrez – sans treehouses, unfortunately.

Directions to Julian

• From San Diego International Airport: click here
• From elsewhere in Southern California: click here and map your route from your current location

To get to Pine Hills Lodge from Downtown Julian

• Head west on Julian Road/SR-79
• Turn left onto Pine Hills Road
• Turn right onto Blue Jay Dr.
• Turn left onto La Posada Way
• Slight left to stay on La Posada Way