Mount Jurupa

Mount Jurupa
Mount Jurupa Location in California
Elevation	2,224 ft (678 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	1,167 ft (356 m) [2]
Location
Location	Riverside County, California, USA
Range	Jurupa Mountains
Coordinates	34°01′56.44″N 117°26′33.92″W / 34.0323444°N 117.4427556°W / 34.0323444; -117.4427556Coordinates: 34°01′56.44″N 117°26′33.92″W / 34.0323444°N 117.4427556°W / 34.0323444; -117.4427556[1]
Topo map	USGS Fontana
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Jurupa is a large hill/small mountain located in northwestern Riverside County, California. The summit is just south of the Riverside – San Bernardino county line. It is the highest peak in the Jurupa Mountains. An easily accessible trail leads to the summit, which offers spectacular views of Riverside, Fontana, San Bernardino, and Moreno Valley.

In a small canyon at the base of the hill is the Jurupa Mountains Cultural Center, a non-profit educational facility that includes nature trails, gardens, and an Earth Science Museum.

The name can be traced to the Jurupa land grant dated September 28, 1838. Before the secularization of the missions, Jurupa was the name of one of the Mission San Gabriel ranchos.^[3] Jarupa was probably a Serrano or Gabrielino Shoshonean name.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Jurupa 3". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=EV3659. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
2. ^ "Mount Jurupa, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=24141. 
3. ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 169. 

External links

• "Mount Jurupa, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=24141. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
• "Mount Jurupa". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:255511. Retrieved 2009-03-27.