Mountain CenterCalifornia
Mountain Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the San Jacinto Mountains, within western central Riverside County, California. As of the 2020 census, Mountain Center had a population of 66..
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About Mountain Center
Mountain Center, CA is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern California.
Mountain Center holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.88 square miles.
📰 Mountain Center News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Mountain Center Unique
- The only place in America named Mountain Center — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Mountain Center
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- 49er Outpost · Attraction
- Archery · Attraction
- Bell Tower · Attraction
- Campfire Bowl · Attraction
- Chaparral · Attraction
- Fort Outpost · Attraction
- Go Karts · Attraction
- Hurkey Creek · Attraction
- Lodge · Attraction
- Manzanita · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mountain Center
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.