Loop 1 · 8 h window · 286 mi
7 h 25 loop · 5 stops · back by 4:25 PM.
- Gold Rush Mining Company Adventures · 10 min
- King's Crown · 10 min
- Bagdad Cafe · 10 min
- Pisgah Crater · 15 min
- Snow Play · 10 min
Destinations · California
Big Bear Lake
CA · 34.2414, -116.9033
From Big Bear Lake, California, Byway's registries place 1 national park, 3 public land units and 71 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Understand
Parking within city limits does not require a permit. Parking in the forest areas surrounding the city requires the purchase of an Adventure Pass. Adventure Passes can be purchased at the Big Bear Discovery Center (see below) or any sporting goods store within the city.
Day-trip loops
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
National parks
- Joshua Tree National Park · 28 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- Buttercup Group Campground · 1 mi
- Pineknot Family Campground · 1 mi
- Deer Group Campground · 2 mi
- Serrano Family Campground · 2 mi
- Boulder Group Campground · 3 mi
- Bluff Mesa Group Campground · 4 mi
- Gray's Peak Group Campground · 4 mi
- Holcomb Valley Campground · 4 mi
Named places
- Swim Beach · 0 mi
- Gold Rush Mining Company Adventures · 1 mi
- Snow Summit · 2 mi
- Time Bandit Pirate Ship · 2 mi
- Grandview · 2 mi
- Snow Play · 2 mi
- Bertha Peak · 3 mi
- Castle Rock · 3 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Lake Arrowhead · 16 mi
- Southern California · 18 mi
- Redlands · 21 mi
- Banning · 22 mi
- Beaumont · 22 mi
- Apple Valley · 24 mi