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California State Route 74 runs along most of Florida Avenue, the main corridor of east and west transportation in Hemet, and California State Route 79 also follows Florida Avenue for a few miles in the city. Highway 79 is slated for re-alignment when the Mid County Parkway project begins. Streets in Hemet are arranged mostly in a standard grid.
Hemet has an area of about 29.3 square miles (76 km 2), and a population of 89,833 as of the 2020 census. Hemet was founded in 1887 and was incorporated on January 20, 1910. The city is home to the Ramona Bowl which is where "Ramona", the official outdoor play of California, is performed. Hemet is located at the southern end of the valley.
East Hemet is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States, located east of Hemet. East Hemet is in an unincorporated area outside the city limits of Hemet. The population was 17,418 at the 2010 census, up from 14,823 at the 2000 census.
6.8 [N 1] Chestnut Street: Interchange; northbound exit and entrance only: 6.9 [N 1] Valley Boulevard: Interchange; access via connector roads: South San Jose Hills–Valinda– West Covina tripoint: 8.1 [N 1] Temple Avenue: North end of state control, as defined by Streets and Highways Code § 339 (d) [4] West Covina: 11.5 [N 1]
Steven Rucker Memorial Highway sign, looking north SR 79 looking north with Lake Cuyamaca on the right California State Route 78 and 79 in Julian. State Route 79 (SR 79) is an approximately 106-mile (171 km) north-south state highway in the U.S. state of California.
The Ramona Outdoor Play, formerly known as (and still commonly called) The Ramona Pageant, is an outdoor drama staged annually in Hemet, California, [2] since 1923. [3] It is loosely based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson .
Hemet Valley Mall is a small enclosed shopping mall in Hemet, California. It is located on West Florida Avenue ( California State Route 74 ) between North Kirby Street and North Gilmore Street. It is anchored by J.C. Penney and Hobby Lobby , with one vacant anchor last occupied by Sears .
Lake Hemet is a water storage reservoir located in the San Jacinto Mountains in Mountain Center, Riverside County, California, [1] with a capacity of 14,000 acre-feet (17,000,000 m 3) [2] of water. It was created in 1895 with the construction of Lake Hemet Dam . [ 3 ]