The Jacumba Mountains are a mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges in eastern San Diego County, California , near the Mexico–United States border . The range reaches an elevation of 4,512 feet (1,375 m) at Jacumba Peak, near the southern end of the chain.
4-587: The range lies in a northwest-southeasterly direction, east of the In-Ko-Pah Mountains , and north of Interstate 8 . The range is approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) long, and Table Mountain at the southeast end of the range is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Jacumba . 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
8-534: A north-south direction, is located just north of Interstate 8 , and east of the Manzanita Indian Reservation . The range is approximately 12 miles (19 km) long. Mt. Tule, at 4,647 feet (1,416 m), and Sombrero Peak, at 4,229 feet (1,289 m) above sea level, are the tallest mountains in the chain. The In-Ko-Pah Mountains consist of faulted granitic intrusive bedrock, weathered into dramatic piles of residual boulders. The local granodiorite
12-465: Is naturally a very light color, weathering over centuries into a reddish-orange desert varnish . Visitors can view these landforms while driving Interstate 8 through Devil's Canyon heading west and In-Ko-Pah Gorge heading east. Remnants of Highway 80 , the first North American transcontinental highway, can be seen on either side. The boulders can be examined closer at the Desert View Tower ,
16-654: The northeast. The Volcanic Hills area lies on the northeast flank of the range. This San Diego County, California –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . In-Ko-Pah Mountains The In-Ko-Pah Mountains are one of the Peninsular Ranges in Southern California near the Mexico–United States border , west of the Jacumba Mountains . The range, which lies in
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