Mount Soledad
| Mount Soledad | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 824 ft (251 m) NAVD 88 |
| Prominence | 472 ft (144 m) |
| Coordinates | 32°50′23″N 117°15′08″W / 32.8397698°N 117.252259°WCoordinates: 32°50′23″N 117°15′08″W / 32.8397698°N 117.252259°W |
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 Mt. Soledad
Location within Northwestern San Diego
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| Location | La Jolla, San Diego, County, California, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGS La Jolla OE W |
Mount Soledad is a prominent landmark in the city of San Diego, California, United States. The mountaintop is the site of the Mount Soledad cross, the subject of a 25-year controversy over the involvement of religion in government, which concluded in 2016.
The 822-foot (251 m) tall hill lies between Interstate 5 to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is mostly within the community of La Jolla where the northern and eastern slopes form a sharp escarpment along the Rose Canyon fault. The community of Pacific Beach is on the gentler southern slope. There are several radio and television transmitters located on the summit including KFMB-TV and KGTV, the CBS and ABC affiliates respectively. Commercial aircraft approaching San Diego from the direction of Los Angeles often use Mount Soledad as their point to start the downwind leg of their approach to San Diego International Airport.
On October 3, 2007, one home on Soledad Mountain Road and one of the main roads up the mountain was destroyed by a major landslide. Five houses were damaged, and over 20 others were evacuated. The city of San Diego had noticed water and gas main leaks since July, and cracks in the pavement since August, 2007.
There is an urban legend that in the 1930s, a group of little people who appeared in Hollywood films such as The Wizard of Oz, came to San Diego where they built miniature houses on Mount Soledad.
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