Designated site for target shooting open only certain times of the year. Important – Shooters must call ahead to the Mill Creek Ranger Station (909)-382-2882 to find out the status of this shooting area.
Latitude 34° 10′ 20.0784″ N
Longitude 117° 8′ 41.8596″ W
Baldy Mesa OHV Road 3N21 runs from the Baldy Mesa (Trestles) OHV Staging Area to the Desert Front OHV Road 3N24 which heads west to Baldy Mesa in the west Cajon valley.
Important Note: 3N21 south towards State Highway 138 from the staging area is open to street-legal vehicles only, all haul vehicles must transport non-street legal vehicles to the staging area.
All roads heading east from the staging area are restricted to street legal vehicles – non-street legal vehicles can only travel approx 2.2 miles north to 3N24, then west on 3N24.
When in doubt, call ahead to the local Ranger Station.
This route is rated "Green Circle" easiest
Latitude 34° 19′ 59.1420″ N
Longitude 117° 28′ 41.2860″ W
This road travels 17.8 miles from Fawnskin to the northern forest boundary, eventually ending up in the outskirts of Apple Valley.
Important Note: Non-street legal vehicles are only permitted between Grapevine Canyon OHV Road 4N16 and the northern forest boundary.
Reminder: Only street legal vehicles are permitted between Fawnskin and Grapevine Canyon OHV Road 4N16
Latitude 34° 20′ 36.0672″ N
Longitude 117° 3′ 50.7888″ W
This is a self guided tour of the Holcomb Valley area, that highlights the rich gold mining history of the area. Please visit the Big Bear Discovery Center for brochure, maps and current conditions. Open all year, weather permitting.
Latitude 34° 18′ 4.5036″ N
Longitude 116° 53′ 7.6740″ W
Arrowhead Fish and Game Conservation Club was established in 1966. The facilities include a trap range and a rifle and pistol range. Throughout the year the club hosts a number of theme trap events that include sporting clays and doubles. Action pistol, Youth Firearms and Ladies safety clinics and other events are available for the rifle and pistol shooters. Our youth programs, made possible from an NRA grant, are hosted during the year to educate young shooters on safety and proper gun handling techniques.
For more information: (909) 337-7000 or visit our website at: www.arrowheadfishandgame.com/home
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Latitude 34° 17′ 49.4484″ N
Longitude 117° 12′ 38.8404″ W
This road is just under 13 miles long and runs from Baldwin Lake Road to the eastern forest boundary, continueing on to Pioneertown in the Morongo Valley.
Important Note: Non-street legal vehicles are only permitted from the junction with Smarts Ranch OHV Road 3N03 to the junction with OHV Road 2N61Y.
Non-street legal vehicles are NOT permitted on 2N02 from Baldwin Lake Road to 3N03.
Latitude 34° 15′ 22.0860″ N
Longitude 116° 43′ 0.3576″ W
Includes the Lytle Creek, Cucamonga Canyon, Cajon Pass, and City Creek areas. Also includes the Cucamonga and Sheep Mountain Wilderness Areas.
Latitude 34° 14′ 0.1572″ N
Longitude 117° 28′ 49.4832″ W
This 67-mile route will take you from Palm Desert past snow-peaked mountains to Banning Pass. Palms to Pines Scenic Byway offers a full variety of ecosystems in the Lower Sonoran region. From clusters of desert palms to high country conifer forests and snow-capped mountains, experience a contrast of ecosystems within a short distance. Admire fantastic views of the urbanized valley floor below, craggy mountains, and the San Gorgonio Wilderness area to the north on the Banning Pass section of the byway. Start on Hwy 74 south of Palm Desert, or at the other end Hwy 243 south of Banning.
Latitude 33° 37′ 26.7348″ N
Longitude 116° 24′ 23.4360″ W
California Department of Fish and Game – Black Bear Management Program
Black bears (Ursus americanus) are recognized as an important component of California's ecosystems and as a valuable resource for the people of California. The black bear has been classified as a game mammal since 1948. Since that time, hunting regulations have become more restrictive, prohibiting trapping, killing of cubs or sows with cubs, and reducing the bag limit from two to one bear per license year. Before the early 1980's, regulation changes were infrequent. However, in 1982, the Department began recommending regulatory and legislative changes to reduce poaching and increase the Department's ability to monitor bear populations.
Data indicates that California's bear population has increased in recent years. Black bears are being observed in areas where they were not seen 50 years ago along the Central Coast and Transverse mountain ranges of Southern California. Between 25,000 and 30,000 black bears are now estimated to occupy 52,000 square miles in California.
Section 1801 of the Fish and Game Code establishes state policy regarding wildlife resources. The ultimate goal of this policy is to maintain sufficient wildlife populations (including black bear) to accomplish the following goals:
to provide for the beneficial use and enjoyment of wildlife by all citizens of the state;
to perpetuate all species for their intrinsic and ecological values;
to provide for aesthetic, educational, and nonappropriative uses;
to maintain diversified recreational uses of wildlife including sport hunting;
to provide for economic contributions to the citizens of the state through the recognition that wildlife is a renewable resource, and;
to alleviate economic losses or public health and safety problems caused by wildlife.
The primary goal of the Department's black bear management program is to maintain a viable and healthy black bear population. Biologists at the Department of Fish and Game closely monitor the state's black bear population by collecting teeth from hunter killed bears. The rings in the teeth are counted to determine the age of the bear. Because over-exploited populations are younger than populations with low mortality rates, monitoring the median age in a population gives biologists the information necessary to maintain healthy numbers within a population. Biologists also monitor the number of depredation permits to determine the relative abundance of bears where they encounter people. This is all coordinated on a statewide level through the Department's Bear Management Program.
Southern California Black Bear Hunting Area
In the counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura; that portion of Riverside County north of Interstate 10 and west of Highway 62; and that portion of San Bernardino County south and west of the following line: Beginning at the intersection of Highway 18 and the Los Angeles-San Bernardino county line; east along Highway 18 to Highway 247; southeast on Highway 247 to Highway 62; southwest along Highway 62 to the Riverside-San Bernardino county line.
For More Information
Current California Department of Fish and Game Black Bear Regulations
Black Bear Management and Harvest
Latitude 0° 0′ 0.0000″ S
Longitude 0° 0′ 0.0000″ W
Located on Highway 18, 5 miles east of Running Springs and offers tube-tobogganing under special-use permit from the Forest Service.
For more information call Snowdrift at (909) 867-2640 or visit their website at www.snowdrift.net
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Latitude 34° 13′ 12.1944″ N
Longitude 117° 3′ 4.2624″ W