The Lakeview Mountains are a range of low mountains encompassing approximately of land in western Riverside County, Southern California, at the northern end of the Peninsular Ranges System.

Geography The Lakeview Mountains are bordered: on the south by State Highway 74 and the communities of Homeland and Green Acres on the east by the cities of Hemet and San Jacinto on the west by the Perris Valley and the community of Nuevo on the north by the community of Lakeview and the San Jacinto River. The communities of Juniper Flats and MacLean Ranch are located within the Lakeview Mountains.

The highest point in the Lakeview Mountains is at elevation above mean sea level. Mount Rudolph, a prominent feature at the northerly end of the range, rises to an elevation of .

Petroglyph Reinhardt Canyon, on the easterly side of the range, is the home of the prehistoric petroglyph known as the Hemet Maze Stone (California Historical Landmark No. 557).Lakeview Quadrangle California, Map. United States Geological Survey, 1953, USGS Topographic Map, 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic), scale 1:24,000.

Flora The vegetation of the Lakeview Mountains consists primarily of the Coastal Sage Scrub and Montane chaparral and woodlands plant communities.

Geology The Lakeview Mountains are the primary visible trace of the Lakeview Mountains Pluton, consisting primarily of Cretaceous tonalite.

See also California chaparral and woodlands

References

External links Geologic Map of Lakeview Mountains (pdf)