Vallecito Wash is a
wash part of
Vallecito Creek, a tributary
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
of
Carrizo Creek, in
San Diego County,
California.
Vallecito Wash has its source on the east side of the
Cuyamaca Mountains
The Cuyamaca Mountains ( Kumeyaay: ''‘Ekwiiyemak''), locally the Cuyamacas, are a mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges System, in San Diego County, southern California. The mountain range runs roughly northwest to southeast. The Laguna Mount ...
, at an elevation of , at the junction of
Oriflamme Canyon
Oriflamme Canyon is a steep mountain canyon, in San Diego County, California that descends from its head in the Laguna Mountains, at , in an arc northwestward then northeastward to join Rodriguez Canyon at the northwest end of Mason Valley, where ...
and
Rodriguez Canyon at . It then trends southeast about 4 miles through
Mason Valley to its southeast end at an elevation of , where it continues as Vallecito Creek.
[ The Vallecito Wash trail is suitable for scenic driving year round.][https://www.trailsoffroad.com/trails/765-vallecito-wash-trail]
References
Rivers of San Diego County, California
Rivers of Southern California
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