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5 unusual facts about Big Bear Lake


Big Bear Grizzly

The Big Bear Grizzly is a local weekly newspaper serving Big Bear Lake, California and surrounding communities.

Bryan Iguchi

He learned to snowboard at Mountain High and Big Bear mountains in southern California but since 1991 has been living in Jackson Hole in Wyoming.

Philip R. Goode

He led a project to build the world’s most capable solar telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) at Big Bear Lake.

Physaria kingii

One, the San Bernardino Mountains bladderpod (ssp. bernardina), is a very rare plant known from only a few spots near Big Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California.

Pyrrocoma uniflora

This woolly sunflower-like plant is found in the meadows and the unique pebble plain habitat near Big Bear.


Linanthus killipii

It is endemic to the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California, where it is known from only a few occurrences in the vicinity of Baldwin Lake near Big Bear.

The Goddess of Lost Lake

Scenes for The Goddess of Lost Lake were filmed at Big Bear Lake and the Pinecrest Resort in the San Bernardino Mountains.

William F. Holcomb

In 1859 while in Los Angeles, Holcomb and a companion Jack Martin heard of the Bear Valley diggings near San Bernardino.


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