Oakzanita Peak

Fri, Dec 22, 2006

With: Ryan Burd

 Etymology Story Photos / Slideshow Map Profile

Oakzanita Peak (5,054 ft.)

"This unusual place name was coined by the USFS as a combination between "Oak" (Quercus) and "Manzanita" (Arctostaphylos manzanita) to indicate the unique abundance of such growth in the Cuyamaca area.

Gudde notes that there are over one hundred California locations named for the 38 species of Manzanita.

Name first appears on USFS Cleveland National Forest (Descanso District) map (1970).

Peak was added to the HPS Peak List in 1962."

- HPS Summit Signatures

"The name combines oak with manzanita, an attractive chaparral shrub. Oakzanita Springs Resort is south of Cuyamaca Rancho State Park on Highway 79. Oakzanita Peak not far away, first appeared on the 1960 Cuyamaca Peak 7.5' Quadrangle, while the resort is on the 1931 Blackburn San Diego County Map, suggesting that the mountain was named for the resort. (Durham 52; Gudde 266; Stein 91)."

- Leland Fetzer, San Diego County Place Names A to Z

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