Riverside, CA Real Estate

Riverside is the largest city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California, and is approximately 60 miles east of Los Angeles, and 12 miles southwest of San Bernardino. Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County, and is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. Riverside is the birthplace of the California citrus industry, home of the Mission Inn Hotel, the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United Stateshttp://www.riversideca.gov/historic/pdf/hpDistrictBrochureText.pdf, and home of the Riverside National Cemetery. As of 2008, Riverside had an estimated population of 311,575. MONEY Magazine: Best places to live 2006: Riverside, CA snapshot

Riverside is the home of La Sierra University, California Baptist University and the University of California, Riverside, which has a citrus experimental station and a salinity lab. Attractions in the area include Riverside Metropolitan Museum, which houses exhibits and artifacts of local history, the California Museum of Photography and the California Citrus State Historic Park. The Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree, planted in 1873 and one of two original orange trees in California, and the historic Mission Inn are landmarks in the city.