Welcome to Baldwin Lake ...

Baldwin Lake is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Baldwin Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

A typical abbreviation for Baldwin Lake: Baldwin Lk.

Baldwin Lake is 6,750 feet [2,057 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Baldwin Lake is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Baldwin Lake lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Baldwin Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Baldwin Lake - it's located in Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Baldwin Lake.

Communities near Baldwin Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Baldwin Lake.

• Big Bear Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear Lake
  • Big Bear Lake is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Bear Lake <3>
• Moonridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonridge
  • Moonridge is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moonridge <3>
• Minnelusa
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnelusa
  • Minnelusa is located in San Bernardino County
• Fawnskin
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawnskin
  • Fawnskin is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fawnskin <3>
• Angelus Oaks
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus Oaks
  • Angelus Oaks is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angelus Oaks <3>
• Forest Falls
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Falls
  • Forest Falls is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Falls <3>
• Lucerne Valley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne Valley
  • Lucerne Valley is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucerne Valley <3>
• Green Valley Lake
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Lake
  • Green Valley Lake is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Valley Lake <3>
• Mountain Home Village
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Home Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home Village
  • Mountain Home Village is located in San Bernardino County
• Arrowbear Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowbear Lake
  • Arrowbear Lake is located in San Bernardino County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Baldwin Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Baldwin Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Baldwin Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baldwin Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldwin Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Baldwin Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baldwin Lake ...

Looking for more information about Baldwin Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Baldwin Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Baldwin Lake.

Adding Baldwin Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Baldwin Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Baldwin Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Baldwin Lake post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Baldwin Lake.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Baldwin Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/