Chapter Eleven: Agriculture in San Diego

http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/awm/ag.html

http://sandiego.about.com/cs/visitorinfo/a/dyk_sdag.htm

Chapter Nine: The Culture of San Diego

The old southern states of the changing south are most famous for there unique and diverse culture. The changing south's culture is truly unique to that part of the United States and San Diego's culture is no different. San Diego's identity is formed from a Mexican-American influence. From its city's design and its growing artistic empire, the city has really separated itself from any other city in the United States.

Balboa Park is San Diego's most prized cultural centers in the whole county and represents civic pride in its walls and structures. It represents not only 90 world class museums, but it also showcases many of San Diego's artistic growth and its Mexican-American influences.

[1] http://www.balboapark.org/

Chapter Eight: Mountain Ranges

The San Diego mountain ranges give the city a diverse and unique geological landscape and is comprised of 236 mountain summits and peaks. One of the most influential mountain ranges of San Diego is the Palomar Mountain Range. It is a high peninsular range and rest to the north of the county. It exists as part of the Cleveland Natural Forest and is located centrally to it. The state park is famous for the numerous campsites, its beautiful state park, quality hiking trails and its famous observatory [1]. 

Major Peaks of the San Diego Area Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Hot Springs Mountain	6533	1991
2.	Cuyamaca Peak	6512	1985
3.	Mount Laguna	6378	1944
4.	Mount Laguna-West Peak	6299	1920
5.	Monument Peak	6271	1911
6.	Wooded Hill	6223	1897
7.	Stephenson Peak	6200+	1890+
8.	Combs Peak	6193	1888
9.	Hays Peak	6160+	1878+
10.	San Ysidro Mountain	6147	1874

[image] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Palomar_Observatory.jpg

[image] http://www.palomarmountain.com/images/JJpan2.jpg

[1]http://www.maintour.com/socal/palomar.htm

Chapter Seven: The Bypassed East

The bypassed east is consists of the Atlantic Province of Canada, Northern New England, and the Adirondack region of New York . These early settlements were inhabited early; however, the as the push for westward expansion grew each region increased in isolation. They are known as a transportation shadow because of the regions locations and their proximity to highly development regions.

San Diego , for the most part, is a developed and highly populated city in Southern California . Isolated regions or “bypassed” areas are unusual. However, within the San Diego County an isolated stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail, called the Caliente Wilderness Study Area, can by considered a “bypassed” region.

San Diego County 's 135-mile portion of the 2600-mile-long Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) starts at the Mexican border near Campo, zigs and zags from one rounded ridge to another, and passes into Riverside County near the town of Anza . Near the Riverside County line, the PCT barely comes in contact with civilization, intersecting only one barely traveled dirt road in the final 15 miles of travel northward to the county line. If you want to achieve true isolation from San Diego County 's teeming masses, just spend a few hours (or a full day) hiking the PCT segment profiled here.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1999/apr/15/most-isolated-stretch-pacific-crest-trail-within-s/