Vallecito Mountains
Vallecito Mountains | |
---|---|
File:Vallecito-2000ft.JPG
Vallecito Mountains
|
|
Highest point | |
Peak | Whale Peak |
Elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Whale Peak, California, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959/1978
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Borrego Valley, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- ↑ El Cajon, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>