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  San Jacinto, California -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
(additional info and facts about Mount San Jacinto) Mount San Jacinto is a nearby mountain in (A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes) California.
San Jacinto is a city located in (additional info and facts about Riverside County, California) Riverside County, California.
San Jacinto is located at 33°47'14" North, 116°58'0" West (33.787119, -116.966672).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/san_jacinto,_california.htm   (463 words)

  
 San Jacinto, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount San Jacinto is a nearby mountain in California.
San Jacinto is a city located in Riverside County, California.
The City of San Jacinto is seeing a mass move to the San Jacinto Valley.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Jacinto,_California   (467 words)

  
 MOUNT SAN JACINTO WSP, CALIFORNIA Period of Record Daily Climate Summary
MOUNT SAN JACINTO WSP, CALIFORNIA Period of Record Daily Climate Summary
Daily Records for station 045978 MOUNT SAN JACINTO WSP state: ca For temperature and precipitation, multi-day accumulations are not considered either for records or averages.
The year given is the year of latest occurrence.
www.wrcc.dri.edu /cgi-bin/cliRECt.pl?ca5978   (10995 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Aerial tramway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area.
The Singapore cable car [2] from Mount Faber to Sentosa Island; interesting in that it has an intermediate stop, and was the first in the world to span a harbour.
Teide (Mount Teide or Pico de Teide) is a volcano and mountain on Tenerife, Canary Islands (28.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aerial-tramway   (4710 words)

  
 GORP - San Jacinto Wilderness - Precipitous Peaks outside Palm Springs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Mount San Jacinto, as well as the highest ridges and peaks, are protected as part of the San Jacinto State Wilderness, which is managed by California State Parks.
Bounded on the west by the San Jacinto Fault and on the north and east by the San Andreas Fault, the entire region is seismically active: The range is still rising.
In 1964, it was renamed the San Jacinto Wilderness and was expanded in 1984 to 32,040 acres.
gorp.away.com /gorp/publishers/westcliffe/ca_jacin.htm   (1038 words)

  
 Wildernet - San Jacinto Wilderness
Unique among designated areas, San Jacinto Wilderness, managed by the USFS, lies split in half by the Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness, which is managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Forest visitors on the San Bernardino, Cleveland, Angeles and Los Padres National Forests of Southern California are required to purchase an Adventure Pass and display it on their vehicle when parked in the Forest.
Location - San Jacinto Ranger District is located southeast of San Bernardino between Interstate 10 on the north to areas south near the intersection of Highways 74 and 371.
www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=0512WASJA&CU_ID=157   (911 words)

  
 San Jacinto Mountains
San Jacinto at 10,804' is second only to Mt. San Gorgonio as the tallest mountain in Southern California.
The San Jacinto Wilderness is a protected wilderness area, and a permit is required for entry.
The center area, which includes the peak, is the San Jacinto State Wilderness (State of California), and the adjacent areas to the north and south form the San Jacinto Wilderness (San Bernardino National Forest).
www.etreking.com /eTreking/Pages/SanJacintoMts.html   (1224 words)

  
 San Jacinto Peak
San Jacinto was second at 10,804 feet with its neighbors, followed by Mt. San Antonio (Mt.Baldy) at 10,064 feet.
We topped out on Baldy at 10,064 feet and I thought San Jacinto's 10,804 would be the second in a series of steps toward Whitney.
San Antonio, San Gorgonio Peaks and Catalina Island which were visible on this beautiful day.
www.angelfire.com /va2/vaj1111/images/sanjacinto.html   (3722 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Mount San Jacinto State Park at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The summit of Mount San Jacinto stands 10,804 feet above sea level, and is the highest point in the San Jacinto Range and second highest point in Southern California.
Within the Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness area are 54 miles of hiking trails ranging from a challenging five and one-half mile trek to peak of Mount San Jacinto to the just over one mile nature walk through Long Valley.
Mount San Jacinto State Park has other entrances in or near the town of Idyllwild.
www.epinions.com /content_179283332740   (1145 words)

  
 Mike Downey's Summit List
Mount Elbert (14,440)-Highest in Colorado and Rocky Mountains, Sawatch Range.
Mount Adams (13,941)-CO, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, where Michael O'Hanlon was killed.
Mount San Gorgonio (11,502)-Highest in Southern California, San Bernardino Mountains.
www.geocities.com /leahcim506/summitlist.html   (1049 words)

  
 San Jacinto Mountains --  Encyclopædia Britannica
San Jacinto Peak (10,804 feet [3,293 m]) is the highest point; the city of Palm Springs lies at its eastern base.
Along the San Jacinto River, near the site of what was to be the city of Houston,...
A landlocked country, San Marino is located on the eastern slope of the Apennine mountain system in central Italy.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9065321?tocId=9065321   (768 words)

  
 Mount San Jacinto Natural History Association
The Mount San Jacinto Natural History Association, created in 1979 for the enjoyment, understanding and safety of those who visit the Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness.
Visitor center volunteers encourage tramway riders to enter the beautiful Mount San Jacinto and introduce them to the entire California State Park System.
Mount San Jacinto Natural History Association has proven itself to be a valuable asset to the visitors and staff at Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness.
www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=21901   (249 words)

  
 San Diego Magazine - covering San Diego entertainment, fashion, events and news.
Located on the border between Palm Springs and Cathedral City, the hotel sits on 345 acres and shares its grounds with a championship golf course, palm trees galore and a scattering of small lakes that, viewed in daylight, stock an impressive number of koi that are near-mesmerizing to watch.
Its most compelling selling point is a large wraparound balcony that overlooks the lush grounds and mountains on one side and a super-sized swimming pool on the other.
At the top is a station that’s the entry point for the mountain’s sprawling namesake state park and wilderness area.
www.sandiego-online.com /issues/december04/travel1204.asp   (962 words)

  
 Rock Climbing Destinations: Tahquitz and Suicide Rocks - Loma Prieta PCS
Idyllwild is located at about the 5000 foot level on Mount San Jacinto on highway 243.
Mount San Jacinto is one of the prominent peaks in the Los Angeles area and dominates the town of Palm Springs, California.
The state park is Mount San Jacinto State Park and is located right off highway 243 near downtown Idyllwild.
lomaprieta.sierraclub.org /pcs/articles/tahquitz.asp   (1049 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- News briefs from Southern California
Because snow was key to the boost in attendance, the Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority asked the state for permission to buy a $40,000 artificial snowmaking machine.
It means Lake Perris will lose about half its water during the peak season for boaters, water-skiers and fishermen, but it's necessary due to a new report questioning the ability of the dam to withstand a large earthquake along the San Jacinto fault five miles to the east.
SAN BERNARDINO – The final cost of fall 2003 wildfires in the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains reached $1.2 billion, according to a U.S. Forest Service analysis that doesn't include lost income and habitat.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20050726-1120-ca-socalbriefs.html   (1590 words)

  
 SoCalCamping.com - San Jacinto Mountains
The San Jacinto Mountains contain mostly Mesozoic granitic rocks and the Cahuilla Mountains contain mostly Pre-Cenozoic granitic and metamorphic rocks.
This subsection is on steep to very steep mountains with narrow to rounded ridges and narrow canyons, except where there are Quaternary fluvial landforms along the Hot Springs Fault and the San Jacinto Fault Zone.
The predominant natural plant communities are Ponderosa pine series and Mixed conifer series on the southwest side of the San Jacinto Mountains, Jeffrey pine series on the northeast side of the San Jacinto Mountains and on both sides at higher elevations, Lodgepole pine series at very high elevations, and Mixed chaparral shrublands at lower elevations.
www.socalcamping.com /000SanJacinto/geology.html   (347 words)

  
 Earth Science Picture of the Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The city of Palm Springs nestles at the base of Mount San Jacinto in this computer-generated perspective viewed from the east.
The many golf courses in the area show up as irregular green areas while the two prominent lines passing through the middle of the image are Interstate 10 and the adjacent railroad tracks.
The San Andreas Fault passes through the middle of the sandy Indio Hills in the foreground.
epod.usra.edu /archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=84032   (261 words)

  
 san jacinto college   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
San Jacinto College is a college system in the Houston...
San Jacinto College Central is more than 40 years old and currently has an Enrollment of over 10,000 students.
San Jacinto College is located in suburban Houston, Texas...
www.schoolblast.info /san-jacinto-college   (737 words)

  
 San Jacinto Peak (The Hard Way)
For two decades now, ever-increasing numbers of adventurers have set foot in Palm Springs on a former Indian trail hacked into the east slope of Mount San Jacinto.
For some, the goal has been San Jacinto Peak, 14 trail-miles away and 10,400 feet higher.
Other hikers have settled for Long Valley, where the mountain station of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is, a "mere" 8 miles and 8000 feet higher....
www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?AffID=mz01&TrailID=HGS241-045   (149 words)

  
 Mt San Jacinto Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The trailhead at the Ranger Station, near the tram station at 8450 ft. This is at the edge of the snow line; from here up to the summit is a 2400 ft climb through snow.
The view from the ridge leading up to Mt. San Jacinto from the tram station, facing approximately west.
The desert cities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert and Cathedral City, viewed from the 10,840 ft summit of Mount San Jacinto.
www.suslik.org /Personal/jacinto.html   (284 words)

  
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It is the second tallest mountain in southern California and the highest point in San Jacinto Range.
Some members of the group had been present on the previous hike up San Jacinto in 1995 and others had heard the stories of the trip that later became known as a Death March.
There were two options for the return trip: back along the same trail or an off-trail route along the ridge from San Jacinto to Cornell Peak.
graphics.stanford.edu /~ngelfand/pages/San_Jacinto   (1451 words)

  
 VIA Online: Palm Springs
Just a hundred or so miles southeast of Los Angeles, tucked beneath towering Mount San Jacinto, Palm Springs is a genuine oasis, a desert resort with heart.
atop the Aerial Tramway, Mount San Jacinto, 325-1449.
It was rescued from vandalism and neglect three years ago and converted to an upscale sculpture gallery by former San Franciscans Montana St. Martin and Clayton Carlson.
www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/palm_springs02.asp   (1576 words)

  
 MOUNT SAN JACINTO WS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA USA Weather History and Climate Data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
MOUNT SAN JACINTO WS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA USA
Source: MOUNT SAN JACINTO WS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY data derived from NCDC Cooperative Stations.
Map of the area around MOUNT SAN JACINTO WS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY from tiger.census.gov.
www.worldclimate.com /cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N33W116+2200+045978C   (87 words)

  
 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Desert to Alps -- Jul. 27, 1962
Mount San Jacinto has always been merely the inconvenient hulk that cuts off the January sun at 3:30 p.m.
But previously inaccessible Mount San Jacinto is soon to be a resort area itself.
The tramway's cars (one going in each direction) will hold 80 passengers, who might not want to risk a ski run down San Jacinto's craggy sides, but can at least enjoy a 100-mile view of the valley.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,827482,00.html   (361 words)

  
 Mount San Jacinto SP
The deeply weathered summit of Mount San Jacinto stands 10,804 feet above sea level, the highest point in the San Jacinto Range and second highest in Southern California.
The Pacific Crest Trail is the jewel in the crown of America’s scenic trails, spanning 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada through three western states.
Mount San Jacinto is located at a high altitude where the growing season is short.
www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=636   (682 words)

  
 GORP - Hiking - San Jacinto Wilderness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
San Jacinto offers over 80 miles of hiking trails.
The Spitler Peak Trail accesses the rarely visited southern end of the San Jacinto Wilderness and provides great views of the Mojave Desert from the Desert Divide.
The granite dome of Tahquitz Peak, the site of a fire lookout, offers a variety of views: the rocky spine of the San Jacinto Range running south toward the Santa Rosa Range, and those west into the Los Angeles Basin, sometimes visible through the smog.
gorp.away.com /gorp/publishers/westcliffe/ca_jaci3.htm   (627 words)

  
 CalParks :: News & Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Two of my favorite parks— Mount San Jacinto, and Sinkyone Wilderness—preserve some of the very best examples of wild California and give us the chance to see how State Wilderness areas are such a valuable part of our state park family.
With its towering pines and incense cedar, great boulders and lively creeks, as well as steep trails and rugged peaks, the state park offers both a family-friendly introduction to the pleasures of the San Jacinto Mountains and challenges to the serious hiker.
The San Jacintos seem an island in the sky because of their incredibly rapid rise from the desert floor.
www.calparks.org /articles.php?id=18   (1059 words)

  
 Welcome to the Political Science Department Of Mount San Jacinto College, San Jacinto Campus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The courses within the Political Science Department at Mount San Jacinto College are designed to give each student an opportunity to expand their knowledge of local, state, national and international politics and government.
For a complete description of courses offered in the department, please see the college catalog which is available at the Mount San Jacinto College Website.
Currently courses are offered in introductory American politics and government, comparative politics and government, current political trends and politics, ethnic politics, honors courses in American government and politics and special projects in Political Science on the San Jacinto campus.
www.msjc.edu /polisci/whamilton   (407 words)

  
 Mount San Jacinto College Information
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