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Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch
A mesmerizing roadside art installation of over 200 bottle trees on Route 66 in Oro Grande, created by Elmer Long from found objects and colored glass bottles.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Lake Arrowhead
California, United States · North America
About Lake Arrowhead
Lake Arrowhead sits on the route: 15 minutes from Running Springs, 51km from Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch.
Lake Arrowhead is in California, United States, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Running Springs, about 9 km away.
Lake Arrowhead is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County, California, surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest, and surrounding the eponymous Lake Arrowhead Reservoir. Lake Arrowhead is located 13 miles (21 km) north east of theRead more
San Bernardino city limits. The population of the CDP was estimated at 12,401 in the 2020 census. It was called "Little Bear Lake" until around 1920, when a group from Los Angeles, the Arrowhead Lake Company, bought the lake and the land surrounding it, and changed its name to Arrowhead Lake.
Tourism is the primary economic generator for the area, contributing several million dollars per year to the county and providing hundreds of full-time and part-time jobs for local residents. The area is host to over four million visitors a year. Lake Arrowhead offers over 1,600 guest accommodations, including more than 1,200 licensed vacation rentals on platforms like Airbnb and VRBO, around 175 rooms at the Lake Arrowhead Resort & Spa, and over 100 rooms at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Lodge.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Lake Arrowhead?
Within an hour or so of Lake Arrowhead: Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch (51 km), Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum (56 km), In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip (56 km).
Are there any good drives near Lake Arrowhead?
The nearest famous roads are Mulholland Drive and Route 66 - Santa Monica End.
Where is Lake Arrowhead?
Lake Arrowhead is in California, United States, about 9 km from Running Springs.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,424
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.2483, -117.1892
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Essential numbers in United States
AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.
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Worth the detour from Lake Arrowhead
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
Drag racing's shrine at the Pomona Fairplex, steps from the historic strip where the NHRA season starts and ends, packed with top fuel dragsters, hot rods and land-speed cars.
56 km · about 65 min drive
racetrack
In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip
The oldest continuously operating drag strip in the world, opened 1951 on the Los Angeles County Fairplex, and the traditional season opener and finale of the NHRA calendar.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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