De Luz Heights, California

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De Luz Heights, California
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De Luz Heights, California
Coordinates: 33°25′52″N117°16′36″W / 33.43111°N 117.27667°W / 33.43111; -117.27667 Coordinates: 33°25′52″N117°16′36″W / 33.43111°N 117.27667°W / 33.43111; -117.27667
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of California.svg  California
County Flag of San Diego County, California.png San Diego
Elevation
396 m (1,299 ft)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area codes 442/760
GNIS feature ID1868370 [1]

De Luz Heights (De Luz, Spanish for "Of Light") is an unincorporated community that is in northwestern San Diego County, California, United States.

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Geography

View north of De Luz Heights and Ross Lake. Looking down on Ross Lake from Cathy Lane in De Luz Heights.JPG
View north of De Luz Heights and Ross Lake.
View north of De Luz Heights Road, to its terminus at Big Rock Ranch. De Luz Heights Rd looking north toward Big Rock Ranch.JPG
View north of De Luz Heights Road, to its terminus at Big Rock Ranch.

De Luz Heights is on the Santa Rosa Plateau of the Santa Ana Mountains. It is between De Luz Road to the west and Sandia Creek Drive to the east. It is northwest of Fallbrook, southwest of Temecula, and immediately east of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

De Luz Heights is an agricultural community with narrow country lanes lined by avocado groves, commercial flower nurseries, citrus ranches, and vineyards.

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