Lake Arrowhead Community
Located in the heart of the San Bernardino Mountains, Lake Arrowhead is often called the “Jewel of Southern California”. At an elevation of 5100 feet, Lake Arrowhead is surrounded by national forest, and set on a beautiful private lake. The mountain community is a popular vacation spot because of its close proximity to Southern California. Los Angeles lies nearly 90 miles to the east, and San Diego 120 miles to the South East. The beautiful setting and unique local businesses continue to attract both visitors and permanent residents. Lake Arrowhead has nearly 13,000 full time residents.
Climate in Lake Arrowhead
Throughout the year, Lake Arrowhead enjoys four distinct seasons. In the summer, temperatures are generally in the 70s and 80s, and in the winter the average highs are in the 50s. Lake Arrowhead enjoys an amazing 310 annual days of sunshine.
Recreation and Entertainment in Lake Arrowhead
With such wonderful temperatures, the mountain community enjoys a variety of recreational activities all year long. In the warmer months, residents enjoy swimming, fishing, boating, and water skiing on the beautiful private lake, Lake Arrowhead. Lake Arrowhead, which is governed by the Arrowhead Lake Association and restricted to Lake Arrowhead property owners, is 782 acres in size with about 14 miles of shoreline. Residents also enjoy camping, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and more in the surrounding national forest.
During winter months, residents enjoy sledding, snow skiing, and cross-country skiing. Three great ski resorts, Snow Valley (http://www.snow-valley.com/), Snow Summit, and Bear Valley, are all within minutes of Lake Arrowhead. Residents also enjoy ice-skating on the same ice as some of the greatest ice skaters in the world at the Ice Castle International Training Center (http://www.icecastle.us/) in Lake Arrowhead. The facility is opened to the public for recreational skating year-round.
Residents also enjoy the fine dining, shopping and festivals offered all year long at the Lake Arrowhead Village. Bowling, movie theatre,
Real Estate in Lake Arrowhead
Because Lake Arrowhead is surrounded by national forest, there are natural limits on growth. Lake Arrowhead real estate, with lake rights, is almost 90% built out, and it still isn't crowded here. Those of us who live here absolutely love it. We always hear, "Why own in Mammoth, Park City or Colorado when Lake Arrowhead, California real estate is so reasonable?" Lake Arrowhead, California real estate reasonable? Yes, it is! So far, real estate in the Lake Arrowhead resort area hasn't seen the huge rise in price that has hit most of California.
The area is very appealing especially since the prices are so reasonable, ranging from 250,000 to several million. Real estate in Lake Arrowhead earns its excellent reputation because of the strict adherence to a design code set by its Architectural Committee over the decades.
So if you are thinking about buying in a great resort area, think Real Estate Lake Arrowhead! And as you consider buying here, why not build or buy a brand new house? You really can have it all here in beautiful Lake Arrowhead California!
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