Potrero Creek
Potrero Creek is a stream in San Diego County, Southern California, California. Potrero Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Barrett Junction, as well as near the locality Tres Estrellas.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tecate Peak.
Tecate Peak
Peak
Photo: UncleMunkle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tecate Peak is a mountain in San Diego County, California. It is four miles west of the twin towns of Tecate, California, and Tecate, Baja California, and is about 1/2 mile north of the Mexico–United States border. Tecate Peak is situated 2 miles south of Potrero Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tecate and Potrero.
Tecate
Village
Photo: Marriedtofilm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tecate is an unincorporated community in the Mountain Empire area of central southeastern San Diego County, California. It is adjacent to the Mexico–United States border and the Mexican city of Tecate in Baja California; it is affectionately nicknamed Tecatito on account of its smaller size compared with the Mexican city. Tecate is situated 4½ miles southeast of Potrero Creek.
Potrero
Hamlet
Potrero is a census-designated place in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California. The population was 648 at the 2020 United States census, down from 656 at the 2010 census. Potrero is situated 5 miles east of Potrero Creek.
Tecate
Tecate is a city of 73,000 people in Baja California on the border with California, about an hour east of Tijuana. Unlike most US/Mexico border crossings, there is no town on the US side.
Potrero Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Big Potrero Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.6095° or 32° 36′ 34″ northLongitude
-116.69863° or 116° 41′ 55″ westElevation
873 feet (266 metres)Open location code
8545J852+QGGeoNames ID
5384616
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