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Around Home

The view towards Mt. San Gorgonio from the
Middle Fork Lytle Creek Road

We live in the High Desert 10 minutes away from the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California. The San Bernardino National Forest encompasses the easternmost part of the San Gabriel Mountains, the San Bernardino Mountains, and south into the San Jacinto Mountains. These mountains provide a dramatic backdrop to the cities of San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Redlands, Yucaipa, Palm Springs, Banning, and Hemet. In fact, the forest contains the highest mountain in Southern California, Mt. San Gorgonio, at 11,499 feet. It's part of the San Gorgonio Wilderness which is just one of the forest's seven wilderness areas. The San Bernardino National Forest is also known for its great diversity of landscapes - elevations range from just a few hundred feet to 11,499'. There are natural occurring desert palm oases and hot springs, rugged canyons including Lytle Creek, Cajon Creek, Mill Creek, Deep Creek, and the Santa Ana River Canyon, several beautiful lakes including Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear, hundreds of miles of trails including 160 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and the renowned Big Bear Discovery Center and Children's Forest... altogether there's a lot to see and do!

We are also close to many amazing desert parks and wilderness areas like Joshua Tree National Park and Mojave National Preserve. And, if that ever gets boring, the beach is less than 2 hours away... It's an amazing place to call home :) So sit back and enjoy a tour of our neighborhood!

An old cedar tree near Lake Arrowhead on Hwy 18, the Rim of the World Highway

Lost Lake is a natural oasis near Cajon Pass that not many people know about

The views one sees within 10 miles of where we live, and what I see everyday on my way to work
(Mt. Baldy is the highest peak in the photo at 10,068')