Mountain Center

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Mountain Center

Total population

45

Air quality index

42Good

Elevation4518 m

Land area4.89 km²

Weather80°F · Sunny

Coordinates33.71°, -116.72°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Mountain Center, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Brendan Steele

professional golfer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in California

• Idyllwild-Pine Cove
  2.4 mi away
• East Hemet
  12.6 mi away
• Cabazon
  14.4 mi away
• Cathedral City
  17.3 mi away · pop. 52,267
• Banning
  19.1 mi away · pop. 31,093
• Desert Hot Springs
  20 mi away · pop. 33,200
• Palm Desert
  20.7 mi away · pop. 51,163
• Nuevo
  24.8 mi away
• Oak Glen
  26.6 mi away
• Indio Hills
  28.7 mi away · pop. 1,117
• Rainbow
  31.7 mi away · pop. 2,029
• Mentone
  33 mi away · pop. 9,514

Browse all places in California →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mountain Center

Houghton Mifflin Science California

Houghton Mifflin Company Staff · 2006

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Mountain Cente State of Mind Collection · 2019

The mountain story

Lori Lansens · 2015

Draft general management plan, environmental impact statement

United States. National Park Service · 1993

Milestones

Mary Jo Ignoffo · 2002

The maid of the mountain

Jackson Gregory · 1925

Eagle Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project

CH2M Hill, inc · 1996

California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) and mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys for the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG), 2003

Adam Backlin · 2003

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire RIDGE, Los Angeles, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-07 · 142 mi
• Wildfire BUZZARD, Kern, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-05 · 150 mi
• Wildfire Campwood, Yavapai, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 216 mi
• Wildfire PLAINS, San Luis Obispo, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 221 mi
• Prescribed Fire CRAWFORD CORRAL RX, Tulare, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-19 · 237 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Steller's Jay

Cyanocitta stelleri

Seen 2026-10-04

Gray Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Seen 2026-10-04

greenleaf manzanita

Arctostaphylos patula

Seen 2026-10-04

mountain whitethorn

Ceanothus cordulatus

Seen 2026-10-04

California Sister

Adelpha californica

Seen 2026-10-03

Redshanks

Adenostoma sparsifolium

Seen 2026-10-03

mojave tarplant

Deinandra mohavensis

Seen 2026-10-03

Wright's buckwheat

Eriogonum wrightii

Seen 2026-10-02

Coulter pine

Pinus coulteri

Seen 2026-10-02

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).