Sweetwater River
The Sweetwater River is a 55-mile long stream in San Diego County, California, USA. From its headwaters high in the Cuyamaca Mountains, the river flows generally southwest, first through rugged hinterlands but then into the urban areas surrounding its mouth at San Diego Bay.Photo: Wasquewhat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: River
- Description: river in California, United States
- Also known as: “Agua Dulce” and “Paradise Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chula Vista City Hall and National City station.
Chula Vista City Hall
Town hall
Chula Vista City Hall is the seat of the government of the city of Chula Vista, California. It houses the five members of city council, which includes the mayor.
National City station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
National City station is a former railway station in National City, California. The California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, chose National City as the West Coast base of operations at the terminus of their planned transcontinental railroad.
24th Street station
Railway station
Photo: Vrysxy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
24th Street station is a station on the Blue Line of the San Diego Trolley in National City, California. The stop serves both as a commuter center with a park and ride lot and to provide access to the dense nearby retail area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chula Vista and Lincoln Acres.
Chula Vista
Photo: Roman Eugeniusz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chula Vista is a large city in San Diego County in Southern California. It was a farming and dairy city in the early 20th century. By the early 21st century the city had grown tremendously with the addition of several prominent suburbs and business districts.
Lincoln Acres
Village
Lincoln Acres is an unincorporated community of San Diego County located wholly within the boundaries of the incorporated city of National City. It has a population of approximately 2,100 residents, and residents may keep livestock.
National City
Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS, Public domain.
National City is a city in the South Bay region of southwestern San Diego County, California, United States. The population was 56,173 at the 2020 United States census, down from 58,582 at the 2010 census.
Sweetwater River
- Category: body of water
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.65442° or 32° 39′ 16″ northLongitude
-117.09247° or 117° 5′ 33″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
8544MW35+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 23205234OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
5400579Wikidata ID
Q1455949
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Sweetwater River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر سويتواتر (كاليفورنيا)”
- Asturian: “Ríu Sweetwater”
- Catalan: “Sweetwater”
- Cebuano: “Sweetwater River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سويتواتر”
- German: “Sweetwater River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Sweetwater”
- Venetian: “Sweetwater”
- Welsh: “Afon Sweetwater”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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