Tijeras Canyon

Tijeras Canyon is a valley in Orange County, Southern California, California and has an elevation of 502 feet. Tijeras Canyon is situated nearby to the suburb Las Flores, as well as near the village Coto de Caza.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mission Viejo Library and Tesoro High School.

Mission Viejo Library

Library

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Mission Viejo Library is situated 1½ miles west of Tijeras Canyon.

Tesoro High School

School

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Tesoro High School is a public high school in southern Orange County area of Las Flores, California, United States. Established in the fall of 2001, Tesoro is 1 of 6 regular high schools in the Capistrano Unified School District.

Mission Viejo High School

School

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Mission Viejo High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Mission Viejo, California, United States, as part of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. Mission Viejo High School is situated 2½ miles west of Tijeras Canyon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Las Flores and Mission Viejo.

Las Flores

Suburb

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Las Flores is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Orange County, California, located adjacent to the City of Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

Mission Viejo

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Mission Viejo is a commuter city in the Saddleback Valley in Orange County, California, United States. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado in size.

Coto de Caza

Village

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Coto de Caza is a census-designated place and guard-gated private community in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 14,710 at the 2020 census. Coto de Caza is situated 3 miles east of Tijeras Canyon.

Tijeras Canyon

Type: Valley with an elevation of 502 feet
Category: landform
Location: Orange County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.59197° or 33° 35′ 31″ north

Longitude

-117.63283° or 117° 37′ 58″ west

Elevation

502 feet (153 metres)

Open location code

8554H9R8+QV

GeoNames ID

5402614

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