Mother Miguel Trail is a medium-challenging trail with an 870-foot incline over a 1.6-mile distance to the peak from the official trail head. The trail is multiple use: friendly to hikers, mountain bikers, equestrians and dogs. Mother Miguel Trail has unique and rare wildlife species such as the Quino checkerspot butterfly, coastal California gnatcatcher, and Otay tarplant.

Rice Canyon Demonstration Gardens is at the mouth of Rice Canyon Preserve in Chula Vista California.

Chula Vista is the second largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh largest city in Southern California. The population was 274,492 as of 2019.