Walker Canyon During a Poppy Super Bloom

Walker Canyon is a

canyon A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency t ...

in the

Temescal Mountains The Temescal Mountains, also known as the Sierra Temescal ( Spanish for "sweat lodge range"), are one of the northernmost mountain ranges of the Peninsular Ranges in western Riverside County, in Southern California in the United States. They ex ...

, in

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. It lies divides Alberhill Summit, on the west and the balance of the range to its east. Temescal Creek flows northward through the canyon from where it heads at in Warm Springs Valley into the upper reach of the Temescal Valley near

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 ...

. Coming from the Temescal Mountains to the east, Gavilan Wash has its confluence with Walker Canyon near mid way along its length, and Alberhill Canyon has its confluence with Walker Canyon at its mouth. Near

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passes between Temescal Valley and Warm Springs Valley through Walker Canyon on the east side of Temescal Creek.

References

{{RiversideCountyCA-geo-stub Canyons and gorges of California Landforms of Riverside County, California Temescal Mountains