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Sedco Hills (California)
Sedco Hills is the informal/local name for a southern section of the Temescal Mountains, located in southwestern Riverside County, California. They were named after the town of Sedco Hills, California, Sedco Hills, located on their west side and now part of the city of Wildomar, California, Wildomar. The placename Sedco was introduced by the South Elsinore Development Company, that subdivided and sold the land on the southeast side of the lake. Geography The hills lie southeast of Lake Elsinore and the Lake Elsinore, California, city of Lake Elsinore, south of the San Jacinto River (California), San Jacinto River and Canyon Lake (California), Canyon Lake reservoir, west of Cottonwood Canyon, and north of Bundy Canyon. The highest elevation of the hills is Wildomar Peak at the south end of the range, overlooking Bundy Canyon. Second highest is Guadalupe Hill (Temescal Mountains), Guadalupe Hill at , in the middle of the range overlooking Cottonwood Canyon. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temescal Mountains
Temescal Mountains, also known as the Sierra Temescal (Spanish for " sweat lodge range"), are one of the northernmost mountain ranges of the Peninsular Ranges in western Riverside County, in Southern California in the United States. They extend for approximately 25 mi (40 km) southeast of the Santa Ana River east of the Elsinore Fault Zone to the Temecula Basin and form the western edge of the Perris Block. The Santa Ana Mountains lie to the west, the Elsinore Mountains to the south and the Perris Valley and Lakeview Mountains to the east. History The Temescal Mountains were originally named by the Spanish, Sierra Temescal, (perhaps from the nearby Rancho Temescal), a name which appears on the Rail Road Route survey map made by the U. S. Army Pacific Railroad Surveys in 1854–55. The Temescal Mountains are one of the northernmost of Peninsular Ranges of California, running from the south side of the Santa Anna River, southeast nearly parallel with the Santa An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |