Alberhill Canyon is an informally named

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and

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in the

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. It is named for the former

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settlement and populated place of

Alberhill Alberhill (formerly, Alberhil) is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California. Alberhill is located northwest of Lake Elsinore. It lies at an elevation of 1234 feet (376 m). Alberhill was named after C.H. Albers and James and Ge ...

that lay opposite the mouth of the arroyo at its confluence with Temescal Creek. The canyon and the arroyo have their source is at 2,260 feet in the Temescal Mountains at , 3 miles east of

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. The arroyo is

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, to its mouth in the wetter years, during the wet season in

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, otherwise being dry for the balance of the year. From its source Alberhill Canyon trends southwest to enter Walker Canyon 0.7 miles north northeast of

Alberhill, California Alberhill (formerly, Alberhil) is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California. Alberhill is located northwest of Lake Elsinore. It lies at an elevation of 1234 feet (376 m). Alberhill was named after C.H. Albers and James and Ge ...

. From the canyon mouth it is a wash that runs down a short distance to a drain under the

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and to its confluence with Temescal Creek northeast of the old schoolhouse of Alberhill, at an elevation of 1214 feet at .USGS Map: Alberhill, CA, Alberhill Canyon, Elevation: 1214 feet, mouth, Prior to the construction of the freeway the Alberhill Canyon arroyo ran into Temescal Creek in the vicinity of the drain, the creek was moved during the freeway construction to the south of the freeway.

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