San Gorgonio is a mountain port located about 485 msnm between the Sierra de San Bernardino to the north and San Jacinto to the south in the state of California. Next to the port of the Cajón to the northeast, it has its origin in the fault of San Andrés. This port is not as steep as the ports of Cajón and Badger, but if it is one of the deepest mountain ports of the contiguous 48 continental states of the USA, with saws on both sides that rise to 2 700 meters on the level of the port. The San Gorgonio peak is located on the northern edge of the port and Mount San Jacinto on the southern boundary. Mount San Jacinto has the fifth place in the classification of rock walls in North America. It is located south of Interstate 10. Currently the San Gorgonio Mountain Port is used to link the Greater San Bernardino Area with Palm Springs and the Conchilla Valley, and even more distant points such as Phoenix in Arizona. History
In 1774, the Viceroy of New Spain commissioned Captain Juan Bautista de Anza from Tubac prison in Arizona to build a road through this mountain port, which he initially named Puerto de San Carlos.
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