Mount Jurupa

{{Short description|Mountain in California, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Jurupa

| photo = File:Mount Jurupa.jpg

| photo_caption = A view of Mount Jurupa from a nearby hillside

| elevation_ft = 2224

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite ngs |id=EV3659 |name=Jurupa 3 |accessdate=2009-09-01}}

| prominence_ft = 1167

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|24141|Mount Jurupa, California}}

| map = USA California

| map_caption = Location in California

| map_size = 200

| label_position = left

| listing =

| location = Riverside County, California, U.S.

| range = Jurupa Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|34.032344903|N|117.442756844|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Fontana

| type =

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| easiest_route = Hike

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Mount Jurupa is the highest point of the Jurupa Mountains, located in northwestern Riverside County, California. The summit is just south of the Riverside – San Bernardino county line. A hiking trail leads to its summit, which offers panoramic views of Riverside, Fontana, San Bernardino, and Moreno Valley.

In a small canyon at the base of the mountain is the Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center, a non-profit educational facility that includes nature trails, gardens, and an Earth Science Museum.

The name can be traced to the Jurupa land grant dated September 28, 1838. Before the secularization of the missions, Jurupa was the name of one of the Mission San Gabriel ranchos.{{cite book |last=Gudde |first=Erwin G. |title=California Place Names |year=1949 |location=Berkeley |publisher=Univ. of California Press |page=169}} Jarupa was probably a Serrano or Gabrielino Shoshonean name.