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Welcome to Pine Hills ...

Pine Hills is located in San Diego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Hills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Pine Hills is 4,390 feet [1,338 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pine Hills is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Pine Hills lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Pine Hills: 760 & 442<3>

Communities Also Named Pine Hills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Pine Hills: This one is located in San Diego County and the other is located in Humboldt County.

Beyond California, there are 13 communities that are also named Pine Hills - they are located in Alabama, Florida (2), Georgia (3), Maryland, Tennessee (3), Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Hills.

Communities near Pine Hills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pine Hills.

  • Santa Ysabel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Banner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Banner is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
  • Cuyamaca ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuyamaca is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamaca
  • Stonewall ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonewall is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
  • San Diego Country Estates
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • El Capitan ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • El Capitan is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Capitan
  • Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
  • Ranchita
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ranchita is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchita
  • Descanso
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Guatay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Guatay is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guatay

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pine Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pine Hills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pine Hills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Hills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Hills. See our Newspapers Page for Pine Hills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Hills ...

Looking for more information about Pine Hills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pine Hills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pine Hills.

Adding Pine Hills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pine Hills in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pine Hills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pine Hills post office opened in 1913. The Pine Hills post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pine Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Diego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Pine Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Pine Hills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/