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San Diego Area Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Hot Springs Mountain (6533 ft/1991 m)
Countries	United States (92%), Mexico (8%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	California (92%), Baja California (8%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	6,221 sq mi / 16,113 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	101 mi / 162 km North-South 126 mi / 203 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	33° 6' N; 116° 28' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of San Diego Area Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the San Diego Area Ranges.

Peninsular Southern California Ranges	Level 4 (Parent)
Santa Ana Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
San Diego Area Ranges	Level 5
San Jacinto Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Joshua Tree Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Chocolate Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Channel Islands	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the San Diego Area Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Hot Springs Mountain	6533	1991
2.	Cuyamaca Peak	6512	1985
3.	Corral Benchmark	6407	1953
4.	Peak 6400	6400+	1951+
5.	Cuyapaipe Peak	6378	1944
6.	Mount Laguna	6299	1920
7.	Monument Peak	6271	1911
8.	Peak 6240	6240+	1902+
9.	Wooded Hill	6223	1897
10.	Stephenson Peak	6200+	1890+
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the San Diego Area Ranges

Hot Springs Mountain Hot Springs Mountain in San Diego County, CA, with a rare dusting of snow on its higher slopes (2001-12-15).	Cuyamaca Peak Its hard to believe but the service road gets really steep...The Summit finally (2007-07-17). Photo by Larry Orabuena. Click here for larger-size photo.
Corral Benchmark Corral Benchmark is the dark peak in the right center. Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cuyapaipe Peak The highest peak of the Laguna Mountains rises over the La Posta Creek drainage (2018-09-29). Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.
Monument Peak Monument Peak summit (2016-01-01). Photo by Jim Meneely. Click here for larger-size photo.	Wooded Hill Wooded Hill is a well-marked nature trail (2018-06-23). Photo by Jeffrey Swain. Click here for larger-size photo.
Stephenson Peak Stephenson Peak is a short walk-up from a paved road that has seen better days. On a good day you can hike Stephenson and Monument Peak. The golf ball on top was originally Department of Defense, but it is still in use for guiding civilian aircraft (2018-06-24). Photo by Jeffrey Swain. Click here for larger-size photo.	Combs Peak Pile of rocks and dead tree that mark the turn off for the use trail to the peak (2017-04-01). Photo by Erik Korporaal. Click here for larger-size photo.
Hays Peak Ascending the firebreak towards Hays Peak, shown at the top right (2015-02-08). Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.	San Ysidro Mountain San Ysidro Mountain (2020-02-23). Photo by Gordon Jenkins. Click here for larger-size photo.

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