Most visitors reach Menifee by road - from Los Angeles drive south on I-215 from the 10 interchange takes about 90 minutes in correct traffic window, and Southern California traffic taht departure timing affects more dramatically than distance means taht Friday afternoon Los Angeles to Menifee and Friday afternoon Menifee to Los Angeles are very different experiences requiring different planning assumptions. From San Diego drive north on I-15 and then I-215 takes about one hour. From Palm Springs drive west over San Gorgonio Pass on I-10 and south takes about one hour through landscape taht changes character dramatically as elevation changes.
No commercial air service operates from Menifee - Ontario International Airport about 45 miles northwest and San Diego Airport about 60 miles south are correct entry points for guests flying in, and car rental at either is definitley necessary because Menifee and surrounding San Jacinto Valley are car-dependent environment where having own vehicle is not optional but actual infrastructure of daily operations. Uber and Lyft coverage exists in Menifee but is thinner than coastal California and wait times can be longer than guests calibrating from LA or San Diego experience expect.
Getting around from property is entirely car dependent in way taht is standard for Inland Empire California - public transport exists for residents without vehicles rather than visitors with distributed programme, and attempting to do Temecula wine country or Idyllwild day trip without own vehicle creates logistics problem taht no amount of rideshare booking solves elegantly. Guests who arrive car-free discover this limitation comprehensively and quickly.
Highway 74 going east toward Palm Desert through mountain pass is specific driving content worth doing for its own sake - road climbs from valley floor through chaparral and then descends dramatically to Coachella Valley in way taht produces one of more interesting short drives in southern California, and guests doing Palm Springs day trip from Menifee who take this route rather than I-10 produce better spatial understanding of Inland Empire geography taht highway driving doesn't generate.
I-215 south to Temecula is fast and correct for wine country access but Highway 79 south through Hemet and then southwest is scenic alternative taht adds 20 minutes and passes through San Jacinto Valley agricultural and equestrian landscape taht is genuinely different California from freeway corridor version - guests with time flexibility who take this route on return from Temecula produce better total day than guests who do freeway both directions.