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Cuyamaca Rancho State Park is located in the Peninsular Range, which extends from the San Jacinto Mountains north of the park, southward to the tip of Baja California.At the western edge of the most seismically active area in North America, the range is a great uplifted plateau, cut off from the Colorado Desert to the east by the Elsinore Fault Zone, where vertical movement over the last two ...
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, with California oak woodlands habitat, is located in the range. The former mining town of Julian is in the northern section, [ 4 ] and the towns of Descanso , Pine Valley and Guatay is in the southern. [ 5 ]
Cuyamaca (Kumeyaay: ‘Ekwiiyemak) [1] is a region of eastern San Diego County, California. It lies east of the Capitan Grande Reservation in the western Laguna Mountains, north of Descanso and south of Julian. Named for the 1845 Rancho Cuyamaca Mexican land grant, the region is now dominated by the 26,000-acre (110 km 2) Cuyamaca Rancho State ...
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park: State park San Diego: 24,693 9,993 1933 Preserves an expansive tract of forests and meadows above 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in the Laguna Mountains, on the former Rancho Cuyamaca. [63] D. L. Bliss State Park: State park El Dorado: 2,149 870 1929 Features a balancing rock and the Rubicon Point Light on the shore of Lake ...
Cuyamaca Peak is located roughly 40 miles (64 km) from the Pacific Ocean, within Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. It is east of the city of San Diego and southwest of Julian. A popular 3.5-mile (5.6 km) year round hike to the summit of Cuyamaca leads from the Paso Picacho Campground, starting at about 5,000 feet (1,500 m).
Oakzanita Peak is a mountain in the Cuyamaca Mountains of San Diego County roughly 40 miles (64 km) from the Pacific Ocean, in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park east of San Diego and south-southwest of the town of Julian.
Stonewall Peak is a prominent mountain in San Diego County, California, located in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. It is east of San Diego and south of Julian. The summit is accessible from Paso Picacho Campground, which is accessed by California State Route 79. Hikes can be done as an out and back going up the west side of the mountain, which is ...
Rancho Cuyamaca was a 35,501-acre (143.67 km 2) Mexican land grant in the Cuyamaca Mountains and Laguna Mountains, in present-day San Diego County, California, United States. It was given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Agustín Olvera . [ 1 ]