Location: San Diego County, California

Named for Jim Combs, local pioneer miner, ca 1890's. He established nearby "Combs Camp" just south of this peak, an early social center when homesteading was opened in 1915, according to longtime area resident John Wentworth.

Name first appears on USGS Bucksnort Mtn. quad (1960).

Peak was added to the HPS Peak List in 1960.