Location

Alpine is a picturesque community located in the foothills of the Cuyamaca Mountains, just east of San Diego. Once a stagecoach stop, Alpine has come a long way since its humble, late-1800s beginnings. Today, nearly 15,000 people call this foothill city home. Sandwiched between San Diego and the Cuyamaca Mountains, there's big-city fun to the east and a vast wilderness to the west. Alpine delivers on its name: The semiarid mountaintops create a breathtaking skyline that gives the Southern California city its rural character.

Beneath the mountains are suburbs with rustic flair. In between more than 100 square miles of mountains, forests and deserts lies the Viejas reservation, as well as its five smaller settlements. Surrounded by Cleveland National Forest, residents are just a stone’s throw from dozens of hiking and biking trails, along with the fishing and boating opportunities found at nearby El Capitan Reservoir.

Alpine is large enough to sustain multiple shopping centers and restaurants. And when residents want to enjoy some entertainment, or take advantage of the more extensive shopping and dining opportunities of a big city, San Diego is just 25 miles away on Interstate 8.

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