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Big Bear Lake
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city in San Bernardino County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- San Bernardino
- Incorporated
- November 28, 1980
- Named after
- Big Bear Lake
- Type
- Council/Manager
- Mayor
- Randall Putz
- City manager
- Erik Sund
- Mayor pro tem
- Kendi Segovia
- City council
- Rick Herrick , Charles Hicks, Jr. , Perri Melnick
- Total
- 6.42 sq mi (16.64 km )
- Land
- 6.24 sq mi (16.16 km )
- Water
- 0.18 sq mi (0.47 km ) 2.88%
- Elevation
- 6,752 ft (2,058 m)
- Density
- 808.5/sq mi (312.17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-06434
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Big Bear Lake is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States, located in the San Bernardino Mountains along the south shore of Big Bear Lake, and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. The city is about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of the city of San Bernardino, and immediately west of the unincorporated town of Big Bear City. The population was approximately 5,046 at the 2020 census. However, as a popular year-round resort destination, the actual number of people staying in or visiting the greater Big Bear Valley area regularly surges to over 100,000 during many weekends of the year.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Big Bear Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.