Calimesa, CA

Calimesa is a small Riverside County city in the San Gorgonio Pass, with Interstate 10 running through it and Yucaipa just to the west. It began as a rural community of ranches and single-family homes, and that older foothill-town feel still helps distinguish it from the faster-growing Inland Empire around it. Most students are served by the Yucaipa-Calimesa school district, with some southern areas tied to Beaumont schools. Calimesa is modest, residential, and shaped by its pass location.