Lake Arrowhead Almanac 2012 - Mountain News
Lake Arrowhead Almanac 2012 - Mountain News
Lake Arrowhead Almanac 2012 - Mountain News
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Welcome to <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
best place I’ve ever lived.” That’s how many<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> residents describe their com-<br />
“The<br />
munity. First-time visitors get the sense of what<br />
they mean as they are welcomed to <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Village<br />
to enjoy a concert in the summer or experience snow for<br />
the first time in the winter.<br />
Whether you are visiting <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> for the first time,<br />
you are a weekender or live here full time, there are always<br />
new things to discover about this community a mile in the sky.<br />
The lake itself covers 784 acres with over 14 miles of shoreline,<br />
has an average depth of 100 feet and is located at 5,106<br />
feet above sea level.<br />
The manmade lake was built to provide water to the citrus<br />
groves in the Redlands and Riverside areas. Visitors often<br />
ask about the blue tower that rises 195 feet above the lake.<br />
It was originally designed to convey water “down the hill” to<br />
San Bernardino and Riverside counties.<br />
Today <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> provides drinking water to the<br />
communities served by the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Community Services<br />
District (see page 20). The lake is owned by the <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
<strong>Lake</strong> Association (page 8), whose members may use<br />
the lake for fishing, swimming and boating. ALA also owns<br />
two beach clubs on the lake and the reserve strip around the<br />
lake that provides a trail on which members can walk.<br />
The first settlers of <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>—known then as Little<br />
Bear <strong>Lake</strong>—were loggers. That’s no surprise as the community<br />
is surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest.<br />
Other early visitors came to make dozens of movies in the<br />
mountains.<br />
Today visitors can enjoy movies made by up and coming<br />
filmmakers at the annual <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Film<br />
Festival and they can take in some live theater put on<br />
by the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Repertory Theatre Company.<br />
A number of athletes have discovered <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> is<br />
a good place to train because of the altitude and the crisp,<br />
clean air. Michelle Kwan trained here in the past at the Ice<br />
Castle International Training Center.<br />
The pace in the mountain communities is less frenzied than<br />
that in bigger cities. Residents, both full- and part-time, forge<br />
strong friendships and enjoy visiting while shopping in the lo-<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> <strong>Almanac</strong> • <strong>2012</strong><br />
cal stores and picking up their mail at one of the local post<br />
offices. All mail is delivered to post office boxes, making mail<br />
call a social event.<br />
Groceries are available at Stater Bros. in <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Village or at Jensen’s Finest Foods in<br />
Blue Jay. Gas stations are located on Highway 18<br />
in Rimforest and in Blue Jay Village. Banking can be done<br />
in both <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Village and Blue Jay Village, our two<br />
“downtowns.”<br />
If you enjoy music, hiking, theater, dance, fine dining or<br />
just love to browse in shops, you’ll find it all here in <strong>Lake</strong><br />
<strong>Arrowhead</strong>. This <strong>Almanac</strong> will provide you with an initial<br />
introduction to this gem of a community.