Carmel Valley, San Diego

Carmel Valley, San Diego
Community of San Diego
Carmel Valley
View from the south
Carmel Valley community boundaries and surrounding communities
Carmel Valley, San Diego Location within Northwestern San Diego
Coordinates: 32°56′37″N 117°12′32″W / 32.9436607°N 117.2088167°W / 32.9436607; -117.2088167
Country	United States of America
State	California
County	San Diego
City	San Diego
Population (2006)
• Total	42,047
ZIP Code	92130
Area code(s)	858

Carmel Valley is an affluent suburban planned community in the north-western corner of San Diego, California, United States. The community is composed of commercial offices, residential units, hotels, and retail stores and restaurants. This is not to be confused with Carmel Valley Village, an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.

Carmel Valley is one of the newer neighborhoods of the City of San Diego, California. The community was formed by the City of San Diego on February 1, 1975. The construction later began in 1983. The name Carmel Valley comes from the Carmelite Sisters of Mercy, who established a dairy farm and monastery in the area c. 1905. Although the area was known locally as Carmel Valley, in 1974 the area was given the institutional name North City West in the master plan. The name Carmel Valley was readopted in the early 1990s.

Carmel Valley is bordered to the north by the North City Future Urbanizing Area (NCFUA) and Pacific Highlands Ranch; to the south by Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve and Torrey Hills; to the east by Pacific Highlands Ranch and Del Mar Mesa; and to the west by Interstate 5 and Torrey Pines. Nearby is the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, where one of two stands of the endangered Torrey Pine is found to occur. The area overlooks the ocean and is located in the hills.