The Jacumba Mountains are a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...
of the
Peninsular Ranges in eastern
San Diego County, California
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Cen ...
, near the
Mexico–United States border
The international border separating Mexico and the United States extends from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. The border traverses a variety of terrains, ranging from urban areas to deserts. It is the List of ...
. The range reaches an elevation of at Jacumba Peak, near the southern end of the chain.
[''Jacumba, CA,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS 1997]
The range lies in a northwest-southeasterly direction, east of the
In-Ko-Pah Mountains, and north of
Interstate 8. The range is approximately long, and Table Mountain at the southeast end of the range is located about northeast of the town of
Jacumba.
[''El Cajon, California,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979]
The
Tierra Blanca Mountains and the
Sawtooth Mountains are to the northwest, and
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park due north. The
Coyote Mountains lie to the northeast. The
Volcanic Hills area lies on the northeast flank of the range.
References
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Peninsular Ranges
Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert
Mountain ranges of San Diego County, California
Mountain Empire (San Diego County)
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