Big Bear Lake, California is just a two-hour drive from Los Angeles, but it’s a world apart. It’s high up in the sky in the San Bernardino National Forest. Seven-mile long, Big Bear Lake is 6,750 feet above sea level, and the mountain community is a prime wintertime destination for snowboarders and downhill skiers, with San Bernardino Mountain peaks rising to 9,000 feet. During the summertime the Ponderosa pine, fir, and oak forested realm is a prime destination for hikers, golfers, bikers, horseback riders, campers, fishermen, kayakers, and boaters. Although some people book a holiday just to hang out and relax on the front porch of a rustic rental cabin in the woods. You might have seen Big Bear before and didn’t even know it, as it’s been a prime Hollywood location film site for more than a century.
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Films and TV shows include: Gone With The Wind, Paint Your Wagon, Bonanza, the Last of the Mohicans, Dr. Doolittle II, Frankenstein, War Games, Extreme Dating, and The King of Queens. A good way to get the lay of the land around Big Bear is to book a motor vessel tour aboard Miss Liberty, a 64 foot-long, paddle wheel style tour-boat for a cruise on Big Bear Lake. Light snacks, wine, beer and champagne, as well as sodas are served in the galley, and the Miss Liberty 90-minute lake-cruise is ideal for families, couples, and groups. Come along and join Captain Jack in the wheelhouse.
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