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The local guide

Everything worth doing.Within 20 minutes.

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.

The table

Restaurants

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Belgian Waffle Works

A dockside family restaurant in Lake Arrowhead Village since 1982 — Belgian-style waffles, homemade soups, burgers, and angus patties on housemade wheat buns.

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BIN 189

A restaurant at Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa, a short walk from the Village.

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Papagayos

A family-run Mexican restaurant and cantina in the Village, open since 1983.

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The tap

Breweries

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Lake Arrowhead Brewing Company

A craft brewery a short drive from the Village on Villa Way.

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The outdoors

Parks & trails

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Heaps Peak Arboretum

A self-guided, 0.7-mile nature-trail loop through the San Bernardino National Forest near Skyforest, past a grove of Giant Sequoias planted in the 1930s — easy enough for young kids and dogs. Requires a $5 daily Adventure Pass.

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Iconic stops

Iconic stops

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Skyforest
SkyPark at Santa's Village

A year-round outdoor adventure park in Skyforest, east of the Village — zip lines, a mountain coaster, and rides, built on the site of the original Santa's Village theme park that ran from 1955 to 1998.

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Lake Arrowhead Queen

A public tour boat departing from Lake Arrowhead Village — the one way for non-members to actually get out on the water, since the lake itself is private and requires Arrowhead Lake Association membership to boat or swim.

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Lake Arrowhead Village

The lake's public-facing commercial hub, opened in 1923 in a Norman-style design — outlet shops, boutiques, restaurants, and a supermarket, open to everyone regardless of Arrowhead Lake Association membership.

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