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The area includes 10,834-foot (3,302 m) high San Jacinto Peak, [15] Southern California's second highest mountain, after Mount San Gorgonio. Idyllwild lies mostly within a high mountain valley bisected by a small year-round stream, Strawberry Creek. Pine Cove occupies a ridgetop location nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than Idyllwild.
The area was named after the legendary luminous spirit-demon of the Soboba Indian tribe. The name first appeared in print on a 1901 USGS San Jacinto topographical map. [5] Two nearby rock climbing locations are Tahquitz Rock and Suicide Rock. Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily Rock) is 0.45 miles (0.72 km) to the northwest of the summit of ...
It lies centered on the junction of State Route 74 and State Route 243 in the southern division of San Bernardino National Forest.Mountain Center lies just north of Lake Hemet, midway between Hemet and Palm Desert, just south of the town of Idyllwild, and it is southeast of the city of Riverside, the county seat of Riverside County. [5]
State Route 243 (SR 243), or the Banning-Idyllwild Panoramic Highway, is a 30-mile (48-kilometer) two-lane state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs from Banning (in the north) to Idyllwild (in the south) in Riverside County. The highway is a connector between Interstate 10 (I-10) and SR 74.
The state park was one of 48 state parks proposed for closure in January 2008 by then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of a state deficit reduction program. [5] During the 2008–10 California budget crisis the legislature considered the state park systems funding, operations, and closures.
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Mountain Station, also known as Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Alpine Station, is a historic building located in Mount San Jacinto State Park near Idyllwild, California. The building is a fine example of a commercial building designed by Palm Springs architect E. Stewart Williams for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.
The weekend cottage was commissioned by Carl K. Pearlman, a urologist from neighbouring Orange County.The building lot was chosen by his wife Agnes. [1] In the 1950s the area around Idyllwild was a popular hideaway among the upper middle class of Los Angeles which was just two hours away.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 27.7 square miles (71.7 km 2), 99.7% of it land and 0.3% of it water.. Regional geographic subdivisions of the unincorporated town include Anza Valley and Cave Rocks (Central); Tripp Flats, Chandler Heights and Cahuilla (West) as well as Oak Spring, Burnt Spring and Heller Spring (East).