East Coyote Hills
East Coyote Hills | |
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Location of East Coyote Hills in California[1] | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
District | Orange County |
Range coordinates | 33°53′32.051″N 117°54′7.216″W / 33.89223639°N 117.90200444°WCoordinates: 33°53′32.051″N 117°54′7.216″W / 33.89223639°N 117.90200444°W |
Topo map | USGS La Habra |
The East Coyote Hills are a low mountain range in northern Orange County, California, mostly in the cities of Fullerton and Placentia.[1]
The hills received their name from the nearby Rancho Los Coyotes; by the 1870s they were being called Coyote Hills.[2] Most of the East Coyote Hills were developed as residential areas in the 1980s and 1990s. Several equestrian and pedestrian trails have been built through the area, as well as a golf course and .
See also[]
- Coyote Hills - disambiguation
- West Coyote Hills, also in Orange County
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "East Coyote Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Brigandi, Phil (2006). Orange County place names, A to Z. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications.
Categories:
- Mountain ranges of Orange County, California
- Peninsular Ranges
- Hills of California
- Geography of Fullerton, California
- Placentia, California
- Mountain ranges of Southern California
- Orange County, California geography stubs