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Welcome to Bear Valley ...

Bear Valley is located in Alpine County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bear Valley: Bear Vly. (or less commonly used: Bear Vally. or Bear Vlly.)

Bear Valley is 7,090 feet [2,161 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bear Valley is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Bear Valley: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named Bear Valley ...

While we believe that this Bear Valley is located in Alpine County, we know of another 3 California communities named Bear Valley. Those communities are located in the following counties: Mariposa, Nevada and Shasta County.

Beyond California, there are 8 communities that are also named Bear Valley - they are located in Colorado, Minnesota, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bear Valley.

Communities near Bear Valley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bear Valley.

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 Bear Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bear Valley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bear Valley. 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 Bear Valley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bear Valley ...

Looking for more information about Bear Valley? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Bear Valley, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bear Valley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Alpine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bear Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Bear Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Bear Valley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.