Welcome to Bell Mountain ...

Bell Mountain is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bell Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1953.

A typical abbreviation for Bell Mountain: Bell Mtn. (or less commonly used: Bell Mntn.)

Bell Mountain is 3,080 feet [939 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bell Mountain is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named Bell Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bell Mountain - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bell Mountain.

Communities near Bell Mountain ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bell Mountain.

• Victorville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorville
  • Victorville is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 124,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victorville <3>
• Hesperia
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperia
  • Hesperia is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 96,911 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hesperia <3>
• Apple Valley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
  • Apple Valley is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,061 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apple Valley <3>
• Adelanto
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelanto
  • Adelanto is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,537 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adelanto <3>
• Oro Grande
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Grande
  • Oro Grande is located in San Bernardino County
  • Oro Grande has also been known as:
  • Halleck
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oro Grande <3>
• La Delta
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Delta
  • La Delta is located in San Bernardino County
• The Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
  • The Village is located in San Bernardino County
• Helendale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helendale
  • Helendale is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helendale <3>
• Mountain View Acres
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Acres
  • Mountain View Acres is located in San Bernardino County
• Mountain View
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Mountain View 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 Bell Mountain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bell Mountain.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bell Mountain ...

Looking for more information about Bell Mountain? 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 Bell Mountain, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bell Mountain.

Adding Bell Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bell Mountain 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 Bell Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bell Mountain post office opened in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bell Mountain.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bell Mountain. 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/