Upland

Sister cities

• Rural City of Mildura

History

Upland is located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains on an east–west trail that was used by the Native Americans and Spanish missionaries, part of what is now known as the Old Spanish Trail. To the west, the trail led to the San Gabriel Mission, which Spanish Missionaries built in 1771. In 1774, Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza established an overland route from Arizona to California, with part of the trail passing through present day Upland on the way to the San Gabriel Mission. Anza's route went through Yuma, the San Gorgonio Pass and through the San Bernardino Valley. In 1775, Anza led a second expedition consisting of more than 240 people on a journey of over two thousand miles to the San Francisco Bay. En route, the expedition reached the San Gabriel Mission on January 4, 1776. The expedition reached the San Francisco Bay on June 27, 1776, where Anza founded the present-day city of San Francisco. Five years later, in 1781, Spanish settlers followed Anza's route to found the city of Los Angeles a few miles west of the San Gabriel Mission. Following the Anza expedition, the San Gabriel Mission became an important stopping place for expeditions traveling between Arizona and California. The mission was the first place where supplies could be procured after crossing the desert, and as travel over this road increased, the mission arranged to establish a supply station at some intermediate point east. In 1810, a party of missionaries, soldiers, and Native Americans from San Gabriel mission, under the leadership of Padre Dumetz, were sent out to select a location. On May 20, 1810, they came into the San Bernardino Valley. This, according to the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, was the feast day of Saint Bernardino of Siena, and they named the valley in…

Geography

Upland is located on the northern edge of the San Bernardino Valley. The San Gabriel Mountains are to the north of Upland. The city terrain is fairly flat but slopes gradually upward to the north. From south to north, the city elevation increases by over a distance of , from at the intersection of 7th Street and Euclid Avenue (southern city boundary) to an elevation of at the intersection of 24th Street and Euclid Avenue (northern city boundary). The highest peak in the San Gabriels, Mount San Antonio, known locally as Mount Baldy, is approximately north of the Upland's northern boundary and caps out at . Upland is bordered on the east by Rancho Cucamonga, to the south by Ontario and Montclair, to the west by Claremont, and to the north by the unincorporated community of San Antonio Heights. Upland has semi-arid climate with most of the rainfall occurring during the winter months. The average annual rainfall is . According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Upland has a hot-summer Mediterranean, abbreviated Csa on climate maps.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  21,774
• California Towhee

  Melozone crissalis (Vigors, 1839) · Aves
  17,427
• Black Phoebe

  Sayornis nigricans (Swainson, 1827) · Aves
  17,254
• Lesser Goldfinch

  Spinus psaltria (Say, 1822) · Aves
  17,159
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,132
• Anna's Hummingbird

  Calypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves
  16,910
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,915
• California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

  Aphelocoma californica (Vigors, 1839) · Aves
  14,787

Largest nearby schools

• Etiwanda High
  High · Etiwanda · 3,596 students · 25.7:1 ratio
• Chaffey High
  High · Ontario · 3,346 students · 24.4:1 ratio
• Rancho Cucamonga High
  High · Rancho Cucamonga · 3,264 students · 24.7:1 ratio
• Upland High
  High · Upland · 3,070 students · 24:1 ratio
• Los Osos High
  High · Rancho Cucamonga · 2,837 students · 24.9:1 ratio
• Montclair High
  High · Montclair · 2,769 students · 24.7:1 ratio
• Ruben S. Ayala High
  High · Chino Hills · 2,617 students · 25.4:1 ratio
• Alta Loma High
  High · Alta Loma · 2,456 students · 25.3:1 ratio

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