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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lake Arrowhead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Arrowhead and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Lake Arrowhead:
    • 34.249646, -117.189224
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lake Arrowhead
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Lake Arrowhead ...

We found seven communities that share the name Lake Arrowhead.

Within California, the name Lake Arrowhead is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Lake Arrowhead is located in Bibb County and lies 1,928 miles [3,102.8 km]<1> to the east of the Lake Arrowhead that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Lake Arrowhead.
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lake Arrowhead [Cherokee County].
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Lake Arrowhead is located in York County and lies 2,542 miles [4,091 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lake Arrowhead that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Lake Arrowhead.
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lake Arrowhead [Franklin County].
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Lake Arrowhead is located in Morris County and lies 2,358 miles [3,794.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lake Arrowhead that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Lake Arrowhead.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lake Arrowhead [Horry County].
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Lake Arrowhead is located in Stafford County and lies 2,206 miles [3,550.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lake Arrowhead that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Lake Arrowhead.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Arrowhead ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Blue Jay
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Crest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Crestline
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Green Valley Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Running Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Skyforest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Skyland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skyland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
    • Skyland is located in San Bernardino County
  • Smiley Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Park
    • Smiley Park is located in San Bernardino County
  • Twin Peaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Valley of Enchantment
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley of Enchantment have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley of Enchantment
    • Valley of Enchantment is located in San Bernardino County

How Far From Lake Arrowhead to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lake Arrowhead to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Arrowhead and extending to:

  • San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Arrowhead to San Bernardino, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 382 miles [614.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,231 miles [3,590.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,530 miles [12,118.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,298 miles [13,354.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake Arrowhead. 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/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Arrowhead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Arrowhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2496, Longitude: -117.1892    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lake Arrowhead could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lake Arrowhead to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.397 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.131 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.026 degrees.




 

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