It’s a question I hear often… Where is Hemet?
Hemet is in Southern California, east of Los Angeles, in Riverside County.
It’s 37 miles from downtown Riverside.
It’s 83 miles from downtown San Diego.
It’s 87 miles from downtown Los Angeles, 95 miles from West Hollywood, and 102 miles from Santa Monica.
It’s 58 miles from Orange County, via the Ortega Highway, but 87 miles if you prefer to stick to freeways.
And it’s 42 miles from Palm Springs.
It’s also 22 miles from Idyllwild, and 68 miles from Big Bear – the two best mountain resort areas in Southern California.
I like to think of Southern California as a big triangle. San Diego is the southern tip, then due north is Riverside and San Bernardino, and then due west, is LA. And if you draw a line from Los Angeles back to San Diego, that’s the coast line. Hemet lies just to the east of that almost perfect right-angled triangle.
Another way to look at it? Hemet is less than 60 miles from the beach, the mountains and snow, and the desert. And it’s less than two hours from two of the biggest cities in California. Pretty sweet!
