Palomar Mountain is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California.

[1] The community is located near the north-central edge of San Diego County within the Cleveland National Forest,[2] southeast of Palomar Mountain State Park and southwest of Palomar Mountain and Palomar Observatory.

Summers are mostly dry, except for occasional thunderstorms in late July to early September.

The humid climate supports woods of oak, pine, fir and cedar on large swaths of the mountain.

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