The Region
Photo Credit: Larry McGrath
San Gabriel Mountains Overlooking the UCR Campus
UCR's Humanities and Social Sciences Building framed by snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains. Just a short drive from the UCR campus, mountain resort locations such as Big Bear Lake, Mt. Baldy Village, and Lake Arrowhead offer hiking, skiing, snowboarding, camping, boating, fishing, horseback riding and other recreational activities.
Mission Inn
From its modest beginnings as a 12-room adobe boarding house to its current stature consisting of 239 guest rooms, the National Historic Landmark Mission Inn Hotel & Spa has been the keystone of downtown Riverside since 1876.
The Alhambra Court at the Mission Inn
The fourth floor of the Mission Inn features the Moorish-themed Alhambra Court, built in 1923-1924. The suite includes a huge fireplace and beams of Mexican cedar. The Carmel Tower overlooks the corner of Sixth and Orange Streets in Riverside
The Chinese Memorial Pavilion
The Pavilion is a memorial to the early Chinese pioneers, including those from Jiangmen, Riverside's sister city and the home of the Chinese citrus industry, who contributed to the development of agriculture transportation and commerce in Riverside and Southern California. Funded by the Republic of China (Taiwan), the City of Riverside and the non-profit Chinese Pavilion Committee, it is located on the grounds of the Riverside Public Library.
Unique Spanish and Mediterranean Architecture
The influence of the Spanish and Mediterranean architectures are seen throughout the city, including a significant portion of downtown.
Proud to Call Inland Southern California Our Home
UCR's main campus is in Riverside in the geographical center of Inland Southern California . Located near the junction of the 91, 215 and 60 freeways, UCR is approximately 50 miles east of Los Angeles and 100 miles north of San Diego.
The city of Riverside is a vibrant, culturally diverse center of commerce, finance, industry, and education with a population of more than 294,000.
Riverside is home to libraries, art and history museums, theaters, concert venues, a convention center, fine restaurants, quaint shops, modern shopping malls, and a wide variety of sports and other recreational activities that make living comfortable and fun.
Its people reflect the same cultural and ethnic diversity found throughout Southern California, giving the city a rich, cosmopolitan feel.
The Riverside area enjoys a year-round temperate climate awarm, dry summers and mild winters.
The city’s “Mediterranean image” derives from the many examples of fine architecture in the California Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial styles that dot its landscape, including the world famous Mission Inn Hotel in downtown Riverside.