Egger Highlands, San Diego

Egger Highlands is a residential neighborhood in the southern section of downtown San Diego, California.

It neighbors Palm City and Nestor to the east, San Diego Bay to the north, Imperial Beach to the southwest and Chula Vista to the northeast.

Egger Highlands is named for the Egger family, which donated land in 1946 to house St. Charles Catholic Church, the area's first Roman Catholic church.

[2] In 1993, The murders of Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers were believed to have occurred on the Otay River Valley Bike Trail behind the Southland Shopping Center.

[4] The area is served by Sweetwater Union High School District and it currently houses just one Middle School which includes Mar Vista Academy.