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Cuyamaca

Ghost town · San Diego County, California

Cuyamaca Peak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500)
Cuyamaca Peak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cuyamaca is a ghost town in San Diego County, California, recorded as human settlement in California, United States of America. It is one of 19 former communities in San Diego County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cuyamaca as a historical populated place on the Cuyamaca Peak topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 32.9848° N, 116.5709° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCuyamaca Peak
Elevation4,677 ft
Nearest living townJulian, CA
Distance to it6.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1819871
Coordinates32.98477, -116.57085

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What's there now

Cuyamaca is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Julian, CA (population 1,491), about 6.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,677 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Lake Cuyamaca — seen from Stonewall Peak, San Diego County, California.
Lake Cuyamaca — seen from Stonewall Peak, San Diego County, California. · Rick Webb / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Cuyamaca?

Cuyamaca is in San Diego County, California, at 32.9848, -116.5709.

How many ghost towns are in San Diego County?

San Diego County, California has 19 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.