Climate-Controlled Storage Units on W. Blaine St, Riverside, CA

Finals end, leases end, and everything you own needs somewhere to wait out the summer. US Storage Centers on West Blaine Street — five minutes from UC Riverside, off I-215 between the Blaine St and Iowa Ave exits — has climate-controlled interior units from locker size up to 10x13, plus drive-up units to 10x24. It's a clean, access-controlled property where heat-sensitive belongings can sit out Riverside's 100-degree stretches, whether you're a student between school years or a Hunter Park household between homes.

What types of storage are available on Blaine Street?

Climate-controlled storage — the specialty here: temperature-managed interior units from compact 4x3 and 5x5 lockers through 10x13, the right home for electronics, instruments, documents, and furniture through Riverside summers.

Student storage — small climate units (4x3 to 5x8) sized for a dorm room or studio; store in June, pick it up in September, pay month-to-month in between.

Drive-up storage — ground-level units from 5x12 and 8x12 through 10x24; back up, load in, lock up. The 10x24s take a full household when a move needs one big space instead of two small ones.

Small-business storage — 10x24 drive-up bays for records, tools, and inventory a short hop off I-215. In west Riverside, there's all-drive-up mini storage at Tyler Mall Mini Storage near the Galleria at Tyler.

How do I get to US Storage Centers on Blaine Street?

From I-215, use the Blaine St or Iowa Ave exit; the facility sits at 1385 W. Blaine Street, on the west side of the freeway from the UC Riverside campus. From UCR, take University Ave or Blaine St west across I-215 — about five minutes door to door. The Riverside–Hunter Park/UCR Metrolink station on the 91/Perris Valley Line is a short drive north, and the Canyon Crest and University neighborhoods are just east of campus. Coming from Moreno Valley or Box Springs, take the 60 to I-215 and exit Blaine/3rd St. For students without a car, the facility is one of the closest storage addresses to campus that a rideshare or a friend's pickup can reach in minutes — one straight run across the freeway, no downtown traffic. The gate and keypad face Blaine Street.

Which neighborhoods does this facility serve?

The Blaine St facility serves the UC Riverside campus community, the University neighborhood, Hunter Park, Northside, and Canyon Crest — the east Riverside corridors along I-215. June is the crunch: more than 27,000 UCR students cycle through lease turnover every summer, and the small climate lockers here are built for exactly that rhythm — so reserve ahead of finals week rather than after it. It's the closest climate-controlled storage to campus among the four Riverside facilities on this site. Storing an RV, boat, or trailer instead? The open RV and boat parking on Trade Center Drive is three blocks away — or for enclosed indoor car and RV storage at Orangecrest Self Storage on Van Buren Blvd, head to south Riverside. The full four-facility picture is on our storage units in Riverside, CA city page.

Why store on Blaine Street?

Climate is the whole point. Riverside summers regularly clear 100 degrees, and the inside of a standard storage unit runs hotter — hard on wood furniture, electronics, vinyl, photos, and instruments. Blaine St is the US Storage Centers property in Riverside built around temperature-managed interior units, from true lockers to 10x13 family-size spaces. The small-unit depth is unusual too: dozens of 4x3-to-5x8 climate spaces sized (and priced) for a dorm room, five minutes from UCR. And when the load is bulky rather than delicate, the 5x12-to-10x24 drive-up rows handle the overflow. RV or boat? That's our Trade Center Drive property three blocks away — the two locations are deliberate complements.

Why choose US Storage Centers in Riverside?

When you store with US Storage Centers, you work with real local people who know their property and their neighbors — nationally trusted, personally run, so you're a name, not a number. Your rental gives back, too: through Kure It, storage helps fund cancer research. And it's easy, on your terms — month-to-month rentals, online move-ins, and a team that treats your things like they matter. What you store holds the moments of your life. Life's Moments. Stored Well.™

What unit sizes are available on Blaine Street?

Dorm math for students: a standard double dorm room — mini fridge, boxes, bedding, a bike — fits a 4x3 to 5x5 climate locker, and a shared apartment's worth fits a 5x7.5 or 5x8. Households choosing between climate and drive-up should sort by contents, not price alone: electronics, instruments, wood furniture, and photos go climate; boxed garage overflow, tools, and patio gear ride fine in the 5x12–10x24 drive-up rows. When two sizes both look right, start smaller and transfer up later — rentals stay month-to-month.

Current rates and unit availability appear in the live unit listings on this page.