Granite Hills, California

Granite Hills is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California. The name is also applied to a neighborhood within the city limits of El Cajon in the eastern part of that city. The population of the CDP, which does not include the people living within the city of El Cajon, was 3,035 at the 2010 census, down from 3,246 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the USGS, Granite Hills is located at 32°48′11″N 116°54′17″W / 32.80306°N 116.90472°W / 32.80306; -116.90472 (32.8031070, -116.9047476), which is near intersection of Madison Avenue and Greenfield Drive. The part of Granite Hills within the city of El Cajon consists of a "gerrymandered" corridor, approximately 0.25 miles (0.40 km) wide on the south side of Madison Avenue, roughly through the center of the neighborhood. The rest of the neighborhood is on unincorporated land. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Granite Hills CDP is located at 32°48′15″N 116°54′38″W / 32.80417°N 116.91056°W / 32.80417; -116.91056 (32.804101, -116.910522). This is approximately 0.4 miles (0.64 km) west-northwest of where the USGS places Granite Hills. The CDP comprises most of unincorporated El Cajon east of the San Bernardino Meridian, north of Dehesa Road and has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km²), all land. Mail sent to all parts of Granite Hills is addressed to El Cajon, California.