Descanso
Descanso is a small unincorporated community in the Cuyamaca Mountains, within the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California. The community's name is a Spanish word meaning "rest from labor".- Type: Village with 1,500 residents
- Description: town in California, USA
- Also known as: “Descanso (California)”, “Descanso, CA”, “Descanso, California”, and “دسکنسو، کالیفرنیا”
- Postal code: 91916
Places of Interest
Highlights: Chiquito Peak.
Chiquito Peak
Peak
Chiquito Peak is a summit in the Cuyamaca Mountains of San Diego County, California, United States. Chiquito Peak is situated 1½ miles west of Descanso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guatay and Pine Valley.
Guatay
Village
Guatay is an unincorporated community in the… Guatay is situated 3½ miles east of Descanso.
Pine Valley
Town
Descanso
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.85321° or 32° 51′ 12″ north
Longitude
-116.61652° or 116° 36′ 60″ west
Population
1,500
Elevation
3,392 feet (1,034 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US DJC
Open location code
8545V93M+79
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Descanso” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Descanso”
- Cebuano: “Descanso”
- Chechen: “Дескансо”
- Chinese: “德斯坎索”
- Croatian: “Descanso”
- Dutch: “Descanso”
- French: “Descanso”
- German: “Descanso”
- Gilaki: “دسکانسو”
- Irish: “Descanso”
- Italian: “Descanso”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Descanso”
- Ladin: “Descanso”
- Malagasy: “Descanso, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “Descanso”
- Persian: “دسکنسو”
- Polish: “Descanso”
- Russian: “Дескансо”
- Serbian: “Дескансо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Descanso, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Descanso”
- South Azerbaijani: “دسکنسو، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Descanso”
- Swedish: “Descanso, Kalifornien”
- Swedish: “Descanso”
- Tatar: “Дескансо”
- Turkish: “Descanso, Kaliforniya”
- Turkish: “Descanso”
- Ukrainian: “Дескансо”
- Volapük: “Descanso”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hulburd Grove and Descanso Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Descanso Fire Station #45 and Descanso Post Office.
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