Tucalota Hills

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Tucalota Hills
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Tucalota Hills near the entrance of Lake Skinner Recreational Reserve
Highest point
Elevation 2,382 ft (726 m)
Geography
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Tucalota Hills
location of Tucalota Hills in California [1]
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Tucalota Hills
Tucalota Hills (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
Region Peninsular Ranges
District Riverside County
Range coordinates 33°35′14″N117°00′16″W / 33.58722°N 117.00444°W / 33.58722; -117.00444
Topo map USGS  Bachelor Mountain

The Tucalota Hills are a low mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges System, in Riverside County, California. [1]

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Geography

They are located east of Lake Skinner reservoir, southwest of Hemet, northeast of Temecula.

Diamond Valley reservoir fills a basin in their northwestern area.

The San Jacinto Mountains are to the northeast, and Santa Ana Mountains to the west.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tucalota Hills". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.