Hike of the week: Take an hour to enjoy Navajo Canyon’s native vegetation and peace

Hike of the week: Take an hour to enjoy Navajo Canyon’s native vegetation and peace

The hike through the Navajo Canyon Open Space isn’t lengthy, but it is rewarding, offering hikers stream crossings and solitude despite the busy nearby neighborhoods. Navajo Canyon is one of San Diego’s open space preserves that I’d driven by dozens of times but never thought to visit. Now, after this week’s hike, I regret not going sooner. The roughly 2.3-mile easy out-and-back trail that travels through the canyon is lined with healthy vegetat…