Tecate Peak is a mountain in San Diego County, California. Tecate Peak is four miles west of the twin towns of Tecate, California and Tecate, Baja California, and is about 1/2 mile north of the Mexico–United States border.[1]
Tecate Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,883 ft (1,184 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 1,885 ft (575 m)[2] |
Listing | San Diego Peak list[3] |
Coordinates | 32°34′46″N 116°41′20″W / 32.579349992°N 116.688796019°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | San Diego County, California, U.S. |
Topo map | USGS Tecate |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Road (high clearance recommended)[4] |
Tecate Peak is also known as Kuuchamaa (also spelled Kuchamaa, Cuchuma, and Cuchama) Mountain, and is a sacred mountain for the indigenous Kumeyaay people.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tecate". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Tecate Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
- ^ "Sand Diego peaks list". San Diego Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Tecate Peak CA". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ Shipek, Florence C. (1985). "Kuuchamaa: The Kumeyaay Sacred Mountain". Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 7 (1). JSTOR 27825214.