Coyote Mountain is part of the Santa Rosa Mountains in eastern San Diego County, California, and rises within the eastern Colorado Desert in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Its significance here lies in its place within the park’s desert landscape, a setting that also includes campgrounds for visitors, among them a nearby campground used by schoolchildren. The available context emphasizes its geographic setting within the broader mountain and desert environment more than any specific historical events, making it notable chiefly as a feature of the park and its visitor landscape.