Canyon Lake

#6095 among destinations in the United States

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Canyon Lake is a city and gated community on Canyon Lake reservoir, located in the Inland Empire, Riverside County, California, United States. Canyon Lake began as a master-planned community developed by Corona Land Company in 1968. The City of Canyon Lake was incorporated on December 1, 1990. Railroad Canyon Dam was built in 1927, and impounds the San Jacinto River to fill the reservoir, which covers 383 acres and has 14.9 miles of shoreline. ()

Alternative names: Population: 11.1 thous.Area: 4.67 mi²Coordinates: 33°41'3"N, 117°15'22"W

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Canyon Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southern California Railway Museum, Railroad Canyon, Outlets at Lake Elsinore, Lake Elsinore Library.

5.4 miN
Museum
Southern California Railway Museum, Perris
139 min walk • The Southern California Railway Museum, formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum, is a railroad museum in Perris, California, United States. It was founded in 1956 at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, before moving to the former Pinacate Station as the "Orange Empire Trolley Museum", in 1958.
3 miSW
Canyon
Railroad Canyon, Lake Elsinore
76 min walk • Railroad Canyon, originally named San Jacinto Canyon, also known as Cottonwood Canyon, and Annie Orton Canyon, is a valley located in Riverside County, California.
5.7 miW
33°42'6"N • 117°21'11"W
Outlets at Lake Elsinore, Lake Elsinore
146 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
4.5 miW
33°40'9"N • 117°19'55"W
Lake Elsinore Library, Lake Elsinore
115 min walk • Library
4.7 miE
City
Menifee
119 min walk • Menifee is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and part of the Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area. The city is centrally located in the heart of Southern California, in the Menifee Valley.
7.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Elsinore Mountains, Cleveland National Forest
182 min walk • The Elsinore Mountains are a ridge of mountains within the larger range of the Santa Ana Mountains, in the Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, California, United States. the tallest peaks within the range is the unofficially named San Mateo Peak at 3,591 ft.
5.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Clevelin Hills, Lake Elsinore
140 min walk • The Clevelin Hills are a range of hills in the Peninsular Ranges System, within the Temescal Mountains in western Riverside County, in southern California.
3.4 miSW
Sport complex, Baseball, Sport
Lake Elsinore Diamond, Lake Elsinore
87 min walk • Lake Elsinore Diamond, also referred to as Storm Stadium, is a baseball park in Lake Elsinore, California. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Lake Elsinore Storm minor league baseball team in the Low-A West. The field at the Lake Elsinore Diamond is named the Pete Lehr Field.