Moving to Naval Base Coronado (NAS North Island) — A PCS Guide for Navy Families

What living in Coronado is actually like for a Navy family at NAS North Island, NAB Coronado, or Naval Base San Diego — the island lifestyle, the very real cost, the excellent schools, and the honest tradeoffs before you sign.

~1.2 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What Point Loma and Ocean Beach are actually like for a Navy family — the coastal community right by Naval Base Point Loma, Liberty Station, the cost, the schools, and the honest tradeoffs before you sign a lease.

~14.2 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What National City is actually like for a Navy family at Naval Base San Diego — the closest city to the 32nd Street base, the most affordable South Bay option, the honest tradeoffs, and what to verify before you sign.

~7.6 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What Mission Valley — San Diego's central apartment corridor along the river and I-8 — is actually like for a Navy family stationed in San Diego. The central, low-commute, rent-heavy play, the trolley access, the schools, and the honest tradeoffs.

~13.6 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What Pacific Beach — San Diego's classic boardwalk beach town — is actually like for a sailor stationed at Naval Base San Diego or Coronado. The beach-lifestyle play, the boardwalk, the cost and commute reality, and the honest tradeoffs.

~14.7 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What Chula Vista is actually like for a Navy family stationed at Naval Base San Diego — the South Bay's value play, the master-planned east vs. the older west, schools, the honest tradeoffs, and what to verify before you sign a lease.

~10.7 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What Clairemont (and Bay Park) — San Diego's big, central, value-minded postwar neighborhood — is actually like for a Navy family stationed at Naval Base San Diego or Coronado. The affordable-central play, Mission Bay nearby, the schools, and the honest tradeoffs.

~14.5 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What Imperial Beach — California's southernmost beach town, at the south end of the Silver Strand — is actually like for a Navy family stationed in San Diego. The affordable-beach play closest to NAB Coronado, the laid-back feel, the schools, and the honest tradeoffs.

~9.4 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What Tierrasanta — "the Island in the Hills," San Diego's classic central military neighborhood — is actually like for a Navy family stationed at Naval Base San Diego or Coronado. The family-and-schools play, Mission Trails at the doorstep, the commute, and the honest tradeoffs.

~16.1 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)

What East County — La Mesa, El Cajon, Santee, Spring Valley — is actually like for a Navy family stationed in San Diego. The inland value play, the hotter climate, the longer commute, schools, and the honest tradeoffs.

~15.3 mi drive to Naval Base Coronado (North Island)