Tecate Peak
Tecate Peak rises to 1,184 m in California. Wooded Hill stands 1,894 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Parque Del Profesor, a park 1.6 miles away. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Tecate Peak is a mountain in San Diego County, California. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the twin towns of Tecate, California, and Tecate, Baja California, and it is about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) north of the Mexico–United States border. Tecate Peak is also known as Kuuchamaa (also spelled Kuchamaa, Cuchuma, and Cuchama) Mountain. It is a sacred mountain for the indigenous Kumeyaay people. It is currently being partially destroyed by the US government to expand their border wall, despite protests from Kumeeyays and Mexicans.
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Wikidata Q5960834, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,184 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Parque Del Profesor: 1.6 mi
- Monumento a la Madre: 2.7 mi
- Parque Miguel Hidalgo: 3.6 mi
- El Reloj (Centenario): 3.8 mi
- Eufracio Santana: 4.0 mi
- Little Tecate Peak: 2.8 mi
- Potrero Peak: 4.2 mi
- White Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Cerro de la Panocha: 5.0 mi
- Mother Grundy Peak: 5.8 mi
- Lupe Spring: 4.7 mi
- Donohoe Spring: 4.7 mi
- Echo Spring: 5.2 mi
- Deerhorn Spring: 7.3 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 8.2 mi
- Magic Water Horse: 13.1 mi
- Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Oscar, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Henry and Abby's Statue: 18.7 mi
- Blessed Mother: 18.9 mi
- México: 19.9 mi
- Mis Marcadores: 20.0 mi
- General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río: 3.6 mi
- Benito Juarez: 3.7 mi
- Monumento al policia: 4.1 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Southern Terminus: 12.9 mi
- Olympic Flame: 14.9 mi
- Museo de Architectura: 3.6 mi
- ICBC: 3.7 mi
- Gaskill Brothers' Stone Store Museum: 12.6 mi
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum: 13.0 mi
- Alpine Historical Society: 17.5 mi
- Storytime: 18.7 mi
- Sesame Street Party Parade: 18.7 mi
- Abby's Garden: 18.7 mi
- Sesame Street Neighborhood: 18.8 mi
- Dance Party: 18.8 mi
- Bell Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Monster Rocks: 18.6 mi
- Main Wall: 18.6 mi
- South Rim: 19.1 mi
- Quarry Wall: 23.0 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Jardin Estacionamiento Aeropuerto: 16.7 mi
- The Water Conservation Garden: 18.4 mi
- Stuart Alan Whitmore Memorial Garden: 19.9 mi
- Lemon Grove Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 15.3 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Aztec Woods: 23.9 mi
- Kitchen Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Cottonwood Creek: 20.2 mi
- Buckman Springs Rest Area: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tecate Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooded Hill | NE 38° | 1,894 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sheephead Mountain | NE 38° | 1,792 m | 21.2 mi |
| East Mesa | NNE 21° | 1,578 m | 24.1 mi |
| Oakzanita Peak | NNE 19° | 1,530 m | 22.7 mi |
| Guatay Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,485 m | 19.4 mi |
| Long Valley Peak | NNE 31° | 1,473 m | 17.6 mi |
| Los Pinos Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,466 m | 12.5 mi |
| Corte Madera Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,418 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:22 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 75 | 70 | 61 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Campo, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254324 — Tecate Peak, San Diego County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795902
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 21 mi
- El Cajon · 22 mi
- La Mesa · 24 mi
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