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Cucamonga Valley. Coordinates: 34°01′10″N 117°37′40″W. The Cucamonga Valley is a region of southwestern San Bernardino County and northwestern Riverside County, in southern California. [1] It is located below the San Gabriel Mountains in the Inland Empire region.
Rancho Cucamonga (/ ˌræntʃoʊ kuːkəˈmʌŋɡə / RAN-choh KOO-kə-MUNG-gə) is a city located just south of the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest in San Bernardino County, California, United States. About 37 mi (60 km) [12] east of Downtown Los Angeles, Rancho Cucamonga is the 28th most populous city in ...
Alta Loma (Spanish for "Tall Hill") is one of three unincorporated areas that became part of the city of Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States in 1977. [ 1 ] The community is located at 34°09′N117°36′W34.15°N 117.60°W in the foothills of the south face of the San Gabriel Mountain range, near Cucamonga Peak and Mount San Antonio ...
Rancho Cucamonga. Rancho Cucamonga was a 13,045-acre (20.383 sq mi; 52.79 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California, given in 1839 to the dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician Tiburcio Tapia by Mexican governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. [1] The grant formed parts of present-day California cities Rancho ...
The average size of a household in the San Gabriel Valley according to the 2000 Census was 3.28 persons compared with 2.98 persons for Los Angeles County as a whole. Eight cities in the Valley have average household sizes of over four persons, while an unincorporated area, the South San Jose Hills, was at a significant 5.07 persons per ...
Much of the range features rolling peaks. The range lacks craggy features, but contains a large number of canyons and is generally very rugged and difficult to traverse. . The San Gabriel Mountains are composed of a large fault block between the San Andreas Fault Zone to the north, and the San Gabriel Fault and the Sierra Madre and Cucamonga Fault Zones to the so
Ranchos of California. Pacheco Adobe, built 1835 by Salvio Pacheco on Rancho Monte del Diablo. The Guajome Adobe, built 1852–53 as the seat of Rancho Guajome. In Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California, ranchos were concessions and land grants made by the Spanish and Mexican governments from 1775 [1] to 1846.
The Whitewater River is a small permanent stream in western Riverside County, California, with some upstream tributaries in southwestern San Bernardino County. The river's headwaters are in the San Bernardino Mountains, and it terminates at the Salton Sea in the Colorado Sonoran Desert. The area drained by the Whitewater River is part of the ...