Forest Falls

San Bernardino, CA

FIELD TRIP TO
Facts about San Bernardino

SAN BERNARDINO

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Location:
San Bernardino Mountains
Coordinates:
340518N 1165513W
Elevation Range:
5,000ft (1,500m) to 6,000ft (1800m)

San Bernardino city is located in the

Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan
area. San Bernardino stretches 81 square
miles (210 km2) on the floor of the San
Bernardino Valley, and has a population of
209,924 as of the 2010 census.
San Bernardino is the 17th largest city in
California, and the 99th largest city in the
United States.

The Forest falls are situated in Forest Fall

City in the mountains of San Bernardino, Ca.
The falls descend from the San Gorgonio
Wilderness area which is the highest point of
the San Bernardino Mountains over to the
northern edge of the canyon of Mill Creek.
Forest falls are surrounded by basement
rocks that are characteristic of San
Bernardino Mountains. The most common
type of rocks in this area is: paleoproterozoic
gneiss, neoproterozoic to paleozoic marble
and quartzite, and late cretaceous granitic
rocks. There is also a minor amount of
marble and quartize.
The majority of the source of precipitation of
Forest Falls is from winter months,
frequently in the form of snow.
The amount of snow received during winter
months largely depends on the area of Forest
Falls under consideration.

San Bernardino has a rich variety of

natural resources some of the most
important geographical features are; San
Bernardino Mountains and the San
Bernardino National Forest, Arrowhead
Springs, is located; the Cajon Pass
adjacent to the northwest border; City
Creek, Lytle Creek, San Timoteo Creek,
Twin Creek, Warm Creek feed the Santa
Ana River. Forest Falls and Big Bear Lake
are also part of the San Bernardinos
natural resources.
San Bernardino city is unique among
Southern Californian cities because of its
wealth of water, which is mostly contained
in underground aquifers.
All information contained in this pamphlet is adapted from:
HTTP://WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/

**ROUND TRIP TO SAN BERNARDINOS

NATURAL RESOURCES**
STARTING POINT: PCC
STOP 1: CAJON PASS
STOP 2: BIG BEAR LAKE

STOP 3: SAN BERNARDINO

NATIONAL FOREST
STOP 4: FOREST FALLS
ENDING POINT: PCC
BY:
LAURA M. CABRAL
INFORMATION ADAPTED FROM:
WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Cajon Pass Mountain

San Bernardino, CA

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Elevation
3,777 ft (1,151 m)

Location:
San Bernardino County, California, United
States
Range:
San Bernardino Mountains/San Gabriel
Mountains
Coordinates:
341933N 1172542W

Cajun Pass is a Mountain Pass between

the San Bernardino and San Gabriel
Mountains. The Cajun Pass was created
by the movements of San Andreas Fault.
Originally its elevation was about 3,829 ft
(1,167m) but railroad improvements in
1972 reduced it to 3,777 (1,151m)
Cajun Pass is notorious for its wind
hazards. In gusty conditions is very
difficult to travel and navigate to it as the
Santa Ana Winds usually push through;
in this area these winds can reach galeforce strength.
Occasionally the Cajun Pass gets snow
sometimes enough to close the pass
temporary.

Big Bear Lake

San Bernardino, CA

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Area:
Total
6.534 sq mi (16.923 km2)
Land:
6.346 sq mi (16.435 km2)
Water:
0.188 sq mi (0.488 km2) 2.88%
Elevation:
6,752 ft (2,058 m)

Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the San

Bernardino Mountains. Its surface
elevation is 6,752ft (2,058m).
The East West length of the lake is
approximately 7mi (11km) , its widest
measurement is 2.5mi (4.0km), and its
average width is about 1mi (1.6) based
on the lake having an optimum
retainable water level; its deepest water
is about 72ft (22m).
The water source of big Bear Lake
comes from snow which makes it a snow
fed lake, because of its elevation it
receives about 72in of winter snow every
year.
This lake is very popular in winter for
skiing and snowboarding, and in
summer for fishing. Its more abundant
type of fish is: trout, bass and catfish.
Hiking, mountain biking and horse
riding are also very popular in Big Bear
Lake

San Bernardino National Forest

San Bernardino, CA

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Location:
San Bernardino, California
Coordinates:
333124N 1162529WCoordinates:
333124N 1162529W
Elevation Range:
2,000 to 11,499 feet
(600 to 3,505m)

The San Bernardino National Forest

encompasses 823,816 acres (3,333.87 km2)
of which 677,982 acres (2,743.70 km2) are
federal.
Its Southern portion is the widest with
about 27miles (40km) on a north-south
dimension; the east-west dimension is
about 30miles (50km).
Two main divisions of the forest are the
San Bernardino Mountains and the San
Jacinto and Santa Rosa mountains. It
includes five wilderness areas,
Cucamonga, Bighorn, San Gorgonio, San
Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountain.
The forest is very rich in a variety of
trees; many coniferous like white fir,
bigcone douglas fir, incense cedar and
western juniper; and the following type of
pines: ponderosa pine, Jeffrey pine, sugar
pine, coulter pine, lodgepole pine, singleleaf pyngon, and knobcone pine.
Black Oak, and Pacific Dogwood are
other trees that also grow here.