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San Marcos (/ ˌ s æ n ˈ m ɑːr k oʊ s / SAN MAR-kohs; Spanish for "St. Mark") is a city in the North County region of San Diego County, California. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 94,833. It is the site of California State University San Marcos and Palomar College.
Lake San Marcos is an unincorporated area of San Diego County, surrounded by the City of San Marcos. It is a resort-based community surrounding the Lake San Marcos reservoir. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km 2).
The San Marcos Mountains are a mountain range in northwestern San Diego County, Southern California. [1] They are a small range of the Peninsular Ranges System. Native undeveloped habitats of the San Marcos Mountains are in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
Double Peak is located south of San Marcos, California. The elevation at the summit is 1,646 ft (502 m), [1] and approximately 1,000 feet (305 m) above the north foot of the mountain. Most trails leading to the summit of Double Peak are classified as "moderately strenuous." Eastern trail
Tomas Alvarado sold Rancho Vallecitos de San Marcos to Cave Johnson Couts in 1866. [7] Cave Johnson Couts (1821–1874), was a native of Tennessee, and was a nephew of Cave Johnson. Couts graduated from West Point in 1843 and came to California in 1849 as a lieutenant with the U.S. Army forces occupying California following the Mexican ...
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The San Marcos Foothills Preserve is a 301–acre open space located between Santa Barbara and Goleta, California and owned by the County of Santa Barbara Parks Division. [1] The preserve provides views of the nearby Santa Ynez Mountains , the Pacific Ocean , and the Channel Islands . [ 2 ]
Rancho San Marcos was a 35,573-acre (143.96 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pio Pico to Nicolas A. Den and Richard S. Den. [1] The grant in the Santa Ynez Valley extended between the San Rafael Mountains and the Santa Ynez River .