Karen’s Top 10

The association will not let you hike near Lake Arrowhead but there are so many beautiful National Forest hikes for you to choose from.

View All Trails’ Top 10 Trails Near Lake Arrowhead

The view from every one of these trails is just stunning, and there are trails for all difficulty levels nearby.

For boat rentals and water skiing on Lake Arrowhead, the BEST option is to make advanced arrangements with Mckenzie Water Ski School. They are fantastic! They can do boat charters, tours, skiing, and wake boarding. It only works if you make advanced reservations.

Unlike Lake Arrowhead, which is private, visitors can swim, boat and fish in Lake Gregory. … The dual water slides at Lake Gregory are popular with visitors. The lake’s swimming area includes sandy beaches, rest rooms, two snack bars, grills, picnic tables, picnic shelters, sand volleyball courts and more.

Lake Gregory offers the sport of fishing. A California state fishing license is required to fish at our parks. Lake fishing fees can now be made at the San Moritz Lodge  (909) 338-3073) daily from 7:30 AM to 10 AM and from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. The lake is open on stocking days. In addition to the license, there is an $8 fishing fee per day (Children under 4 are free) More information can be found here.

Santa’s Village is a central hub for all of your recreational needs, as well as food, drink, and a beautiful day on the lake. They feature Ice Skating, Sky Park Mountain Biking, Snow Tubing, and more!

Arrowhead Village has grocery stores, restaurants, shops and a beautiful place to walk and see the lake.  It is free to visit and does not require a membership card. 

We have movies and board games for the kids. We keep the board games in the closet in the downstairs Master bedroom so all the parts stay intact.  We found that keeping them under the TV meant the little one’s lost the pieces. 

The game room is amazing and gives you access to another long deck and the hot tub under the stars.  The high chairs (we now have 3) are light and easy to move. We keep the extra one’s in the coat closet or the bunkroom closet.  You can even take the baby out on the deck and get the fresh air in the high chair.  We ask that you not take the kitchen chairs outside.  We have black folding chairs (right outside the kitchen if you need furniture in addition to what is already on the deck.)

Big Bear is also an option for boating, swimming, skiing and sledding.