Explore Historic El Cajon!

Pick-up a copy of the Downtown Walking Tour brochure at the Olaf Wieghorst Museum

or at the following El Cajon locations:

San Diego Regional East County Chamber of Commerce

El Cajon Historical Society’s Knox House Museum

Downtown Walking Tour

The Downtown Walking Tour is a self guided tour of historic downtown El Cajon, California. It begins at the Knox House Museum – the first commercial business to serve the El Cajon Valley built in 1876. It ends at the Olaf Wieghorst Museum featuring the work and home of Western Artist, Olaf Wieghorst.

The walk covers six blocks of downtown El Cajon on level ground. The area is now the center of East County’s El Cajon Art and Entertainment District.

You can visit the Wieghorst Museum at
131 Rea Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020

during normal operating hours on Fridays (11am – 3pm) and Saturdays (Noon – 4pm)

Or you can request a brochure by sending $1 and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:

Olaf Wieghorst Museum

P.O. Box 951

El Cajon, CA  92022-0951