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The Otay Mountain Wilderness is a U.S. wilderness area in San Diego County, California, 12 miles east of the community of Otay Mesa and just north of the Mexico–United States border. Some parts of the wilderness area rise quickly from sea level, reaching a peak of just over 3,500 feet (1,100 m) at the summit of Otay Mountain.
Otay Mountain is a mountain in San Diego County, California. It is the highest summit of the San Ysidro Mountains. The mountain is located in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area. [3] The Mexico-United States border runs along the south face of the mountain.
On the western side of the mountain lies Lower Otay Lake and Otay Mesa, with Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility and other detention centers and law enforcement properties lying on the southwest slope of the mountain. [3] On the eastern flank, Mine Canyon and Marron Valley separate the San Ysidro Mountains from Tecate Peak (Kuuchamaa). [4]
The Otay-Sweetwater Unit of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System's contribution to the Multiple Species Conservation Plan, a program designed to conserve enough open space and habitat for species survival while enabling orderly development to occur where necessary. It is closed to the public.
There are 149 wilderness areas in California totaling just over 15,000,000 acres (61,000 km 2). [9] The largest is Death Valley Wilderness at 3,055,413 acres (12,364.82 km 2), the largest federally designated wilderness in the continental United States, and the smallest is the Rocks and Islands Wilderness at 19 acres (77,000 m 2).
Cedar Canyon is a valley of the San Ysidro Mountains in San Diego County, California, [1] extending from the northern slopes of Otay Mountain in the south to Otay Lakes Road in the north. Part of it is in the Otay Mountain Wilderness.
Reservoirs in San Diego County, California (16 P) Pages in category "Protected areas of San Diego County, California" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Nature preserve areas in South Bay include San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Otay Mountain Wilderness, Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Tijuana River Estuary is located on the southern coast of South Bay.