Vallecito Mountains

Vallecito Mountains

Vallecito Mountains
Highest point
Peak Whale Peak
Elevation 1,630 m (5,350 ft)
Coordinates 33°1.78′N 116°18.98′W / 33.02967°N 116.31633°W / 33.02967; -116.31633
Geography

location of Vallecito Mountains in California [1]

Country United States
State California
Region Colorado Desert
District Anza-Borrego Desert State Park,
San Diego County
Range coordinates 33°01′45″N 116°18′58″W / 33.0292°N 116.3161°W / 33.0292; -116.3161Coordinates: 33°01′45″N 116°18′58″W / 33.0292°N 116.3161°W / 33.0292; -116.3161
Topo map USGS Whale Peak

The Vallecito Mountains are located in the Colorado Desert, in eastern San Diego County, Southern California. They are about 28 miles (45 km) north of the U.S. border with Mexico.

Geography

The mountains lie in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in an east-west direction, southwest of the community of Ocotillo Wells, and south of Highway 78. The range is approximately 15 miles (24 km) long, and reaches an elevation of 5,349 feet (1,630 m) above sea level at Whale Peak.[2][3]

The Laguna Mountains are to the southwest and Volcan Mountains to the northwest, and the Pinyon Mountains and Borrego Valley are on the north side. The Sawtooth Mountains, Tierra Blanca Mountains and Jacumba Mountains ranges lie to the south and southeast.[3][4]


References

  1. "Vallecito Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. Whale Peak, California, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959/1978
  3. 1 2 Borrego Valley, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  4. El Cajon, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979


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