Riverside
Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States.

Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River in Southern California. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and Riverside County, 12th-most populous city in California, and 62nd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 314,998 at the 2020 census. The Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan area at 4.74 million residents is the 12th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Riverside is about 50 miles (80 km) east of downtown Los Angeles and is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area.
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Worth seeing in and around Riverside
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system.
6.7 km · public research university in Riverside, California, United States · Wikipedia - 02California Baptist University
California Baptist University is a private university in Riverside, California, United States. Founded in 1950 as California Baptist College, it is affiliated with the California Southern Baptist Convention, an organization affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
3.3 km · University in Riverside, California, United States · Wikipedia - 03Mount Rubidoux
Mount Rubidoux is a mountain just west of downtown in the city of Riverside, California, United States, that has been designated a city park and landmark. The mountain was once a popular Southern California tourist destination and is still the site of the oldest outdoor non-denominational Easter Sunrise service in the United States.
4 km · mountain in United States of America · Wikipedia - 04Victoria Hill
Victoria Hill is a hill in the city of Riverside, California which is the seat of Riverside County, California. It has an elevation of 1,005 feet and is located half a mile east of California State Route 91, at around postmile 19, which is south of intersection with California State Route 60.
2.7 km · mountain in United States of America · Wikipedia - 05California Citrus State Historic Park
California Citrus State Historic Park is an open-air museum in the city of Riverside, California, United States. As part of the state park system of California, it interprets the historic cultural landscape of the citrus industry.
6.1 km · historic site in California, United States · Wikipedia - 06Pedley Hills
The Pedley Hills are a low mountain range of the northern Peninsular Ranges System, in northwestern Riverside County, California. They are named for William Pedley, a civil engineer, who emigrated to the United States from England.
7.3 km · mountain range in California, US · Wikipedia - 07Islamic Center of Riverside
The Islamic Center of Riverside is a mosque in Riverside, California. Built in 1979, Friday services regularly attract over 1,000 worshipers.
6.6 km · mosque in the United States · Wikipedia - 08Riverside Fox Theater
The Riverside Fox Theater, also known as the Fox Performing Arts Center, is a Spanish Colonial Revival style building constructed in 1929 in the heart of downtown Riverside, California. The theater is the centerpiece of Riverside's Arts & Culture initiative and underwent a major renovation and restoration to become a regional performing arts facility.
4.4 km · theater and movie theater in Riverside, California, United States · Wikipedia - 09Harada House
The Harada House is a historic house in Riverside, California. The house was the focus of a critical application of the California Alien Land Law of 1913, which prevented foreigners who were ineligible for citizenship from owning property.
4.8 km · historic house in California, United States · Wikipedia - 10Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside
The Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside, previously known as the All Souls Universalist Church, is a Universalist Unitarian church located in Riverside, California, United States. It was built during 1891–92.
4.4 km · church building in Riverside, California, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Riverside
- Airports
- San Bernardino (SBD), 22 km · Ontario (ONT), 22 km · John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 53 km
- Stations
- Riverside Municipal Airport, 4.5 km · Riverside–Downtown, 3.9 km · Flabob Airport, 4.7 km · Riverside–La Sierra station, 8.7 km · Jurupa Valley/Pedley station, 8.1 km
- Santa Ana → Riverside3574 km · quickest by air, 13h 30m · $800–1,210
- Long Beach → Riverside76 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · $7–10
- Palm Springs → Riverside80 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · $7–10
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Riverside
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Riverside. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Riverside – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Riverside
Riverside is 49 km from Santa Ana, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Belltownunincorporated community in California7.2 km
- Box Springsunincorporated community in California9.2 km
- Jensen Alvarado Ranchhuman settlement in Jurupa Valley, California, United States of America5.3 km
- Pachappa CampFirst Korean settlement in the United States3.5 km
- Arlington Stationhuman settlement in Riverside, California, United States of America5.6 km