Arrowhead Lake Company

Winter Auto Route

In winter motorists are advised to use the Waterman Canyon Road from San Bernardino to Lake Arrowhead –over the High-Gear Road. Except after very severe snow storms the road is always opened for traffic. A patrol maintained by the State keeps the highway clear and in good order. On rare occasions, the road is closed for a short period until great snow plows can clear the way. Be sure to bring overshoes or boots and warm underwear with you, and chains for your automobile should be included in the equipment.

Distances to Lake Arrowhead
Between Lake Arrowhead and Principal
Cities in Southern California

From Lake Arrowhead to:
San Bernardino….20 ½ miles
Redlands….31 ½ miles
Riverside….31 ½ miles
Fullerton….64 miles
Santa Ana….65 ½ miles
Los Angeles….78 miles
Long Beach….92 ½ miles
San Diego….152 ½ miles

Mean Temperature for Six Months
5/1/28 to 11/1/28, 63 Degrees F.

Hotel Rates
(All subject to change without notice)

Lake Arrowhead Lodge (American Plan):
Post Office Address, Lake Arrowhead, CAL.
Single, per day….$10.00-$14.00
Double, per day….18.00-24.00

Dining-room charge:
Breakfast….$1.50
Luncheon….1.50
Dinner….2.00
(Special rates are extended during the summer to families remaining one month or more.)

North Shore Tavern (American Plan):
Post Office Address, Lake Arrowhead, CAL.
Single, per day with bath….$10.00
Double, per day with bath….18.00
Single, per day, without bath….8.00
Double, per day, without bath….14.00
Dining-room charge, $5.00 per day, per person.
(10% discount for room by the week.)

Village Inn (European Plan):
Post Office Address, Lake Arrowhead, CAL.
Single, per day (Week Days)….$3.50-$4.00
Single, per day (Sat. and Sun.)….4.00-4.50
Double, per day (Week Days)….5.00-6.00
Double, per day (Sat. and Sun.)….6.00-7.00
Single, per week….$25.00
Double, per week….35.00


Arrowhead Lake Company's
Fish Hatchery
Arrowhead Lake Company
Fulfilling and Important Need

Worthy motives –motives that were both idealistic and practical, prompted the organization of the Arrowhead Lake Company and the subsequent development of Lake Arrowhead and the property surrounding it.

The organizers and directors of the Arrowhead Lake Company are businessmen of Los Angeles; all of them prominent in financial circles. When the 5,000 acres, embraced in what is now known as Arrowhead Woods, was first presented to their attention it was immediately manifest to them that there was a great need in Southern California for a mountain playground of unusual character –a place where people of refinement could enjoy, under the most favorable conditions, the pleasures of outdoor life, a mile high in the mountains amid scenes of incomparable natural beauty, and yet within easy reach of Los Angeles and all of Southern California.

While a summer vacation, or the occasional week-end at Lake Arrowhead is a delightful interlude in the year ‘round life of Southern California, the real, deep benefit and pleasure that is in this mile-high paradise can only be had by the ownership of a private lodge in Arrowhead Woods.

For thus do you bring yourself and your family the rugged beauty of the mountains, the magic splendor of the Lake and the healthful environment of the mile-high altitude, plus the privacy, the comfort, the convenience and the permanency of your very own mountain home.

All of us, sooner or later, dream of a home high in the wind-clean altitudes, a haven of rest beside a mountain lake, -a home a million miles from business, social cares, and the endless clutter of city life.

It is the most natural thing in the world. But not all of us are wise enough, nor can we all afford to pay heed to this demand for relaxation and change of scene. Many go on burning the candle at both ends, trusting to luck that a let-up in business or the round of social life will allow time to catch up with healthy life.


Construction of the Lake Arrowhead Dam.

There are others who are wise, however, and who have built their mountain homes and allowed themselves the necessity of a frequent rest. Many of these people, interesting families of means and with the leisure to enjoy life at its fullest, have built private lodges among the pines and firs of Arrowhead Woods, and have invested, in fact, to the extent of more than a million and a half dollars in private lodges at Lake Arrowhead.

If there were only words to visualize exactly what it means to say, ”A Million Miles Away, Yet, Only Two and One-Half Hours From Los Angeles”!

For as you dream lazily on the porch of your own private lodge under the pines of Arrowhead Woods, or as you gaze off across the purple mountain shadows above the lake, the world and its hurry of business slips away into nothingness.

And as you sit beside this magic lake, it is interesting to realize that inside your own lodge you have the convenience of a city house,

that there is no water to carry –no kerosene lamps –no cooking on makeshift stove –that you have telephone service, a modern bathroom –all the conveniences which, denied, make the ordinary mountain “log cabin” type of summer home an added burden instead of a needed rest for women.

Lake Arrowhead combines the natural splendor of mile-high mountains, the unspoiled beauty of nature, with modern facilities for living comfortably, conveniently and pleasurably.

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For information about Lake Arrowhead today, please visit the Chamber of Commerce.

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