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The San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area is an interagency nature preserve protecting most of the valley. [7] Primary units of the preserve were formerly the Rutherford Volcan Mountain Ranch (northern half, 6,690 acres) and the Rancho de Valle San Felipe (southern half, 7,485 acres). [2]
San Diego County: Range coordinates ... Topo map: USGS Ranchita: The San Felipe Hills are a low mountain range in eastern San Diego County, southern California. [1 ...
The route begins at a junction with County Route S2 (San Felipe Road) in San Diego County and runs eastward as Montezuma Valley Road through the rural community of Ranchita. It enters Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and then descends for approximately 12 miles (19 km) to the desert community of Borrego Springs , offering magnificent views of the ...
The history of San Felipe began later with the expeditions of Francisco de Ulloa, one of Cortés's captains who navigated the bay in September 1535. In 1536, Hernando de Alarcón and Domingo Castillo explored the region and made the first detailed map of the peninsula, giving San Felipe its original name, Santa Catalina.
A stage road went through Oak Grove, and stagecoaches ran from 1858 to 1861 on a route from San Francisco to St. Louis and Memphis. [10] A ranch house, Warner's Ranch, near Warner Springs was a stop on both the San Antonio–San Diego Mail and the Butterfield Overland Mail. [11]
San Felipe Creek is a stream in Imperial and San Diego Counties of California. It arises in the Volcan Mountains of San Diego County 33°11′57″N 116°37′35″W / 33.19917°N 116.62639°W / 33.19917; -116.62639 , and runs eastward, gathering the waters of most of the eastern slope of the mountains and desert of the county in ...
State Route 76 SR 76 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by Caltrans Length 52.319 mi (84.199 km) Existed 1964 –present Major junctions West end I-5 in Oceanside Major intersections I-15 near Pala East end SR 79 near Lake Henshaw Location Country United States State California Counties San Diego Highway system State highways in California Interstate US State Scenic History Pre ...
The Volcans are a northwest–southeast range with an approximate length of 13 miles (21 km) and width of 7.5 miles (12.1 km). They define the western side of San Felipe Valley, with the San Felipe Hills defining the east side.