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FREEBIE ALERT! WINTER SOLSTICE WALK DEC. 21
Cowles Mountain is the site of a Kumeyaay Indian solstice site and the Canyoneers are conducting a free walk up the mountain on December 21 at 6 am to view the sunrise on the first day of winter. read...
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SANTEE POWER PLANT: TO BE, OR NOT TO BE
By David Secor, Candidate, 50th Congressional District June 19, 2012 (Santee) -- Oh, NO! Shakespeare? No, this isn’t Hamlet’s question, it’s ours. Will the people, the businesses, and the local...
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RALLY & HIKE TO STOP THE QUAIL BRUSH POWER PLAN NOV. 3
November 1, 2012 (San Diego) – SaveMissionTrails.org is organizing a Stop the Power Plant rally & hike at Cowles Mountain on Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The meeting place is the Cowles Mountain...
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: CHRISTMAS MAGIC AT COWLES ISLAND
December 25, 2012 (San Diego's East County) -- No, this isn't a preview of what East County might look like after a few decades of rising tides and global climate change. This image of Cowles "island"...
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COWLES MOUNTAIN MAIN TRAILHEAD TO CLOSE FOR 7-WEEK RESTORATION; OTHER ROUTES...
March 17, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- The trail to the top of Cowles Mountain from the Golfcrest Drive/Navajo Road trailhead is slated to be closed from Monday, March 25 through Friday, May 17...
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WINTER SOLSTICE HIKE DEC. 20
A Winter Solstice hike up Cowles Mountain will be held on Friday, December 20th from 6 to 8 a.m. will be led by a Mission Trails Regional Park trail guide.read more
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BIRD TALK: THE ELUSIVE BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
By Greg DunneMarch 15, 2014 (Cowles Mountain)--The Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher is a small songbird living here in our East County that reminds me of the Wrentit. It mainly reminds me of the Wrentit because...
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SD TRAILS: NIGHT LIFE ON COWLES MOUNTAIN
By Randy ZunigaDecember 6, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) - A mountain of a mere 1,594 ft. high borders three cities -- San Diego, Santee, and La Mesa. For some, it's an epic hike accompanied by packs...
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COWLES MTN. WINTER SOLSTICE WALKS DEC. 20-22
December 15, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) - The Mission Trails Regional Park Trail Guides will lead pre-dawn hikes to the area of the solstice observatory on Cowles Mountain on the 20th and 22nd of...
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