Sedco Hills (California)

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Sedco Hills
Looking Towards Sedco Hills from Rome Hill.jpg
A view of Sedco Hills from Rome Hill
Highest point
PeakWildomar Peak
Elevation 2,432 ft (741 m)
Geography
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Location of Sedco Hills in California [1]
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
Region Temescal Mountains
District Riverside County
Range coordinates 33°39′10″N117°15′56″W / 33.65278°N 117.26556°W / 33.65278; -117.26556
Topo map USGS  Lake Elsinore

Sedco Hills is the informal/local name for a southern section of the Temescal Mountains, located in southwestern Riverside County, California.

They were named after the town of Sedco Hills, located on their west side and now part of the city of Wildomar. The placename Sedco was introduced by the South Elsinore Development Company, that subdivided and sold the land on the southeast side of the lake.

Geography

The hills lie southeast of Lake Elsinore and the city of Lake Elsinore, south of the San Jacinto River and Canyon Lake reservoir, west of Cottonwood Canyon, and north of Bundy Canyon.

The highest elevation of the hills is 2,432 feet (741 m) Wildomar Peak at the south end of the range, overlooking Bundy Canyon. [2] Second highest is Guadalupe Hill at 2,267 feet (691 m), in the middle of the range overlooking Cottonwood Canyon. [3]

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References

  1. "Sedco Hills". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  2. Wildomar Peak, United States, from peakbagger.com, accessed 2013-8-18
  3. Guadalupe Hill, United States from peakbagger.com, accessed 2013-8-18