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Palomar Mountain

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Palomar Mountain is a mountain ridge in the Peninsular Ranges in northern San Diego County. [1]

36 relations: Alta California, Band-tailed pigeon, California chaparral and woodlands, California County Routes in zone S, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California mixed evergreen forest, California montane chaparral and woodlands, California oak woodland, California State Route 76, Closed-cone pine forest, Contactee, Cuyamaca Peak, Fire lookout tower, George Adamski, Habitat, Hairpin turn, Hale Telescope, Hot Springs Mountain, Köppen climate classification, Luiseño, Mediterranean climate, Mount Whitney, Palomar Mountain, Palomar Observatory, Peninsular Ranges, Pinophyta, Quercus kelloggii, Riverside County, California, San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino Mountains, San Diego County, California, Southern California, State school, The Crater Lake Monster, United States Geological Survey, Warner Springs, California.

Alta California

Alta California (Upper California), founded in 1769 by Gaspar de Portolà, was a polity of New Spain, and, after the Mexican War of Independence in 1822, a territory of Mexico.

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Band-tailed pigeon

The band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) is a medium-sized bird of the Americas.

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California chaparral and woodlands

The California chaparral and woodlands is a terrestrial ecoregion of lower northern, central, and southern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California (Mexico), located on the west coast of North America.

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California County Routes in zone S

There are 34 routes assigned to the "S" zone of the California Route Marker Program, which designates county routes in California.

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California Department of Parks and Recreation

The California Department of Parks and Recreation, also known as California State Parks, manages the California state parks system.

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California mixed evergreen forest

California mixed evergreen forest is an ecoregion of the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome.

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California montane chaparral and woodlands

The California montane chaparral and woodlands is an ecoregion defined by the World Wildlife Fund, spanning of mountains in the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and Coast Ranges of southern and central California.

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California oak woodland

California oak woodland is a plant community found throughout the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion of California in the United States and northwestern Baja California in Mexico.

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California State Route 76

State Route 76 (SR 76) is a state highway long in the U.S. state of California.

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Closed-cone pine forest

Closed-cone pine forest is a plant community of coastal California and several offshore islands.

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Contactee

Contactees are persons who claim to have experienced contact with extraterrestrials.

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Cuyamaca Peak

Cuyamaca Peak is a mountain peak of the Cuyamaca Mountains range, in San Diego County, Southern California.

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Fire lookout tower

A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness.

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George Adamski

George Adamski (17 April 1891 – 23 April 1965) was a Polish American citizen who became widely known in ufology circles, and to some degree in popular culture, after he claimed to have photographed spaceships from other planets, met with friendly Nordic alien Space Brothers, and to have taken flights with them to the Moon and other planets.

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Habitat

In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.

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Hairpin turn

A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend, hairpin corner, etc.), named for its resemblance to a hairpin/bobby pin, is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road.

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Hale Telescope

The Hale telescope is a, f/3.3 reflecting telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California, US, named after astronomer George Ellery Hale.

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Hot Springs Mountain

Hot Springs Mountain is located in the Peninsular Ranges in California.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Luiseño

The Luiseño, or Payómkawichum, are a Native American people who at the time of the first contacts with the Spanish in the 16th century inhabited the coastal area of southern California, ranging 50 miles from the present-day southern part of Los Angeles County to the northern part of San Diego County, and inland 30 miles.

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Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is characterized by rainy winters and dry summers.

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Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in California, as well as the highest summit in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada—with an elevation of.

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Palomar Mountain

Palomar Mountain is a mountain ridge in the Peninsular Ranges in northern San Diego County.

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Palomar Observatory

Palomar Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in San Diego County, California, United States, southeast of Los Angeles, California, in the Palomar Mountain Range.

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Peninsular Ranges

The Peninsular Ranges (also called the Lower California province) are a group of mountain ranges that stretch from Southern California to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula; they are part of the North American Coast Ranges, which run along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Mexico.

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Quercus kelloggii

Quercus kelloggii, the California black oak, also known as simply black oak, or Kellogg oak, is an oak in the red oak section (Quercus sect. Lobatae), native to western North America.

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Riverside County, California

Riverside County, California, is one of fifty-eight counties in the U.S. state of California.

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San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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San Bernardino Mountains

The San Bernardino Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in Southern California in the United States.

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San Diego County, California

San Diego County is a county in the southwestern corner of the state of California, in the United States.

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Southern California

Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost counties.

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State school

State schools (also known as public schools outside England and Wales)In England and Wales, some independent schools for 13- to 18-year-olds are known as 'public schools'.

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The Crater Lake Monster

The Crater Lake Monster is a 1977 B-movie horror film directed by William R. Stromberg for Crown International Pictures, and starring Richard Cardella.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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Warner Springs, California

Warner Springs is a small unincorporated community in northern San Diego County, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomar_Mountain

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