Guatay | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA California San Diego County#USA California#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Guatay |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within San Diego County##Location within California##Location within the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | San Diego |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 3999 |
Coordinates: | 32.8489°N -116.5572°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 91931 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1656536 |
Guatay (Kumeyaay: Na-wa Ti'e, meaning "Big House")[1] [2] is an unincorporated community in the Cuyamaca Mountains, in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California.
The town's elevation is 3,999 feet (1,219 m).[3] Although Guatay is unincorporated, it does not have a post office. The ZIP Code is 91931.[4]
It was the location of a 19th-century stagecoach station on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line.
Nearby Guatay Mountain, a peak of the Cuyamaca Mountains, is home to a grove of the rare endemic Tecate Cypress (Cupressus forbesii).
San Diego MTS route 888 provides service on Mondays and Fridays between El Cajon, Guatay, and Jacumba Hot Springs.[5]