Vote: Best Staycation in Poway

Why travel when you live in paradise? The beauty of Poway offers plenty of places where you can slip into a vacation state of mind. This week, Patch wants to know where you go when you want to unwind.

Some of our top picks are listed below. If you have any recommendations for places we should add, let us know in the comments.

This historic park offers a plethora of entertainment options including museums, classes, historic building tours, picnics, craft and farmers markets and weekend rides on the vintage 1907 Baldwin No. 3 steam locomotive.

For a relaxing day by the water, this recreational area offers fishing, boating, hiking/biking/horseback riding trails and a park area complete with a volleyball court, horseshoe pit, softball field and two playgrounds.

Put the Wii aside and bowl old-school style at this local hot spot! In addition to 32 bowling lanes of glory, Poway Fun Bowl also offers karaoke, an arcade, billiards, food and drinks, leagues you can join and now a mechanical bull!   

For a high-energy outdoor activity, the Poway Skate Park offers 12,000 square feet of pool style concrete bowls and street elements for your gravity-defying aerial tricks. Helmet, elbow and kneepads are required at all times.

With its lush green fairways, canyons, lakes, waterfall and challenging holes, this popular attraction is considered among the best golf courses in the county.

If you’ve snapped a cool photo at one of these places, we want to see it. Add your pictures to our gallery, and check out some of the other shots by your neighbors.

Votes in this poll count as much as comments, so don’t forget to weigh in with your thoughts. Voting ends Friday at 9 a.m. and we’ll announce a winner later that day.