The East Coyote Hills are a low
mountain range
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in northern
Orange County
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,
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, mostly in the cities of
Fullerton and
Placentia.
The hills received their name from the nearby
Rancho Los Coyotes; by the 1870s they were being called Coyote Hills.
Most of the East Coyote Hills were developed as residential areas in the 1980s and 1990s. Several equestrian and pedestrian trails have been built through the area, as well as a golf course and
Craig Regional Park.
See also
*
Coyote Hills - disambiguation
*
West Coyote Hills, also in Orange County
References
Mountain ranges of Orange County, California
Peninsular Ranges
Hills of California
Geography of Fullerton, California
Placentia, California
Mountain ranges of Southern California
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