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    Del Mar Library

    4.4 (35 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Johnny N.

    Great library in a great location! It's the perfect sized library to spend the day, or get some work done. The parking is limited and enforced to a maximum of two hours, so plan ahead or park in the residential areas!

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    Ramya M.

    **Oops Just noticed this one was saved as a draft** Good to back after two years! I haven't been to the Del Mar library during the pandemic. But they recently expanded their hours and I decided to visit with my LOs during the summer break. IMO their kids' book selection is a hit or miss. I love their toddler and beginner reader books but not so much their early chapter books. And I think they are working on bringing back all the kids' events. Even though there were no events, they had a little scavenger hunt and a take-home craft that my kids enjoyed. Nice little library to take the kids to once in a while if not regularly!

    George E.

    I like this small library. First off its in a beautiful, historic building, that once was a church.They have various events and activities planned. Among those are live concerts. The 2 times I've been here I've heard Bluegrass Music. I've seen H9yvib a small lot. I understand that the Library is a Polar Zone. Lots of interesting things in the neighborhood to see and do.

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    Chris D.

    I knocked off a star because it is really difficult to find parking. There are a few spots in the front that are 2 hour parking and several spaces in the back that are unlimited but every time I've come here I've found it hard to find parking. Overall the library is beautiful in that it is modern, new, and clean.

    Found this amazing tile job fin and all on the outside wall of the Del Mar Library:)

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    Lovely Library and great staff. Lady asked me if i needed any help immediately when she saw me. Good selections.

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    Love the story hour for the kiddos. My son is 10 months and adores it. Beautiful public library.

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    Del Mar Little Free Library

    Del Mar Little Free Library

    5.0(1 review)
    0.9 mi

    If you ever find yourself bicycling through the neighborhoody nooks and crannies off Coast Highway,…read moreyou might find yourself passing by what looks like a homemade oversized birdhouse mansion filled with books. "What *is* this?" the uninitiated gasp, with emphasis on the "is". In an otherworldly narrative tone, the kind you hear in movie voiceovers by calm, staid older bookish women, you hear the words, "This is a Little Free Library." This is your mind's voiceover, and it's narrating to you in real time as you explore this homespun freestanding structure. LFLs are this completely nifty, addictive concept I've seen scattered about in the country's best neighborhoods. You won't find them in overly restrictive neighborhoods strangleheld by HOA rules or excessive local restrictions on grassroots freestanding installations. You'll find them in neighborhoods with progressive, loving people. It's a sign of good times. You don't need a library card, you don't need to pay anything, you don't *need* anything. This is for human Beings. Human READings. Brought to you by HumanKindness. It is simply filled with books the rest of the community has read and shelved, for you -- yes, YOU -- to freely pick up and take with you to read. Simple. If you have books (don't we all?), bring them down to the LFL to trade. This Del Mar LFL was organized over a year in tricky Del Mar regulation zone from Kate Zimmer, who deserves a prize for locating one on this somewhat busy pedestrian/bicyclian local beautypoint. Thanks, Kate Zimmer! It is a beautiful jaunt down Coast Highway from my home in Solana Beach, a perfect rest stop before the dog beach or the La Jolla trails ahead. Who couldn't use a GREAT book on the beach? Speaking of GREAT books, I've consistently seen this LFL populated by books I REALLY loved reading! I've picked up Carrie Brownstein's (of Portlandia fame) Hunger Makes a Modern Girl, Dale Carnegie's granddaughter's Rich Habits for a Teenage Girl, Neil Gaiman;s Ocean at the End of the Lane, and more. I've left Isaac Asimov's 30 Year Science Introspective and Lewis Thomas' Secret Lives of a Cell. More neighborhoods need LFLs. Especially sea and sun sprayed LFLs on route to the rest of your daily adventures. If you're visiting, check this out and bring one home to your neighborhood at home!

    Del Mar Library - libraries - Updated May 2026

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