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Sawtooth Mountains (California)

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Sawtooth Mountains
Sawtooth Mountains is located in California
Sawtooth Mountains
Sawtooth Mountains
location of Sawtooth Mountains in California [1]
Highest point
PeakRed Top
Elevation1,428 m (4,685 ft)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictSan Diego County
Parent rangePeninsular Ranges
Topo mapUSGS Agua Caliente Springs

The Sawtooth Mountains are a mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges system, located in eastern San Diego County, California.[1]

The Sawtooth Mountains are within the western Colorado Desert, southwest of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the Tierra Blanca Mountains. The Jacumba Mountains lie to the southeast.[2][3]

The Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness is located within the range.

References

  1. ^ a b "Sawtooth Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ El Cajon, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979
  3. ^ Agua Caliente Springs, California, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1997