Editors' picks across 8categories — the dock with the deepest channel, the winery with the view, the restaurant with the right wine list, the trail nobody's on at sunrise.
A breakfast-and-brunch institution on Big Bear Boulevard — large portions, waffles, and American classics, a locals' favorite for decades.
Visit ↗An American classics diner in the Village serving comfort food and homemade pies — a Big Bear staple since 1944.
A full-service marina off Big Bear Boulevard, walking distance from the Village — pontoon and WaveRunner rentals, wakeboarding and skiing guides, fishing charters, and a tackle shop.
Visit ↗The marina where the Village meets the lake — pontoon and jet ski rentals, kayaking, and the Miss Liberty paddlewheel boat, a 90-minute narrated history tour dating the lake's story back to 1845.
Visit ↗A full-service marina on the lake's north shore — canoes, kayaks, paddleboards, pontoons, bass boats, and electric boats.
The lake's origin story in two dams: a 53-foot granite arch dam built in 1884 to irrigate Redlands' citrus groves proved too small, replaced in 1912 by a 72-foot multiple-arch dam that more than doubled the lake's capacity to 73,000 acre-feet.
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