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DRIVE
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TOUR
RIM OF THE WORLD SCENIC
BYWAY: This 107-mile scenic
drive begins on State Highway
138 just west of I-15 at the
MORMON ROCK FIRE
STATION. Travel east on 138 to
the CAJON PASS OVERLOOK
for breathtaking views, then
east to SILVERWOOD LAKE
and the Mojave River basin. 138 merges with 18 along the rim of the San
Bernardino forest and provides sweeping vistas of San Bernardino,
Redlands and the Los Angeles Basin. At BIG BEAR LAKE DAM, follow the
road around Big Bear Lake to MILL CREEK RANGER STATION. This tour
can be done in four hours.
TREASURE ISLAND AND BOULDER BAY at Big Bear Lake, opposite;
Old Town Temecula, below.
of Spanish and Moorish architecture,
adorned with priceless Italian and Spanish
treasures, as a church bell tolls on the hour.
The San Bernardino County Museum
explores local history by exhibiting a cov-
ered wagon that crossed the Mojave Desert
from Salt Lake City and a Wells Fargo
stagecoach. The Hall of Anthropology
showcases local native cultures, the
Mojave, Serrano and Gabrielino. Within
the citrus groves surrounding the
museum, the Zimmerman Citrus Kiosk
explores the area’s citrus heritage.
Family Fun
The fun begins with rides on the locomo-
tives and trolleys of the Orange Empire
Railway Museum in Perris. At Tom’s Farms
in Corona, kids can mine for emeralds and
rubies, ride a pony, or board the 1800s
steam train. In the summertime heat, take
cool water rides on the Alpine Slide’s
twisting curves at the Magic Mountain
Recreation Area at Big Bear Lake.
INSIDER’S
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TIP
Settled in the 1840s, Louis
Robidoux’s Jurupa Rancho
property eventually became a
city park, the MT. RUBIDOUX
TRAIL AND MEMORIAL PARK.
West of downtown Riverside,
this local favorite has a 2.7-mile
paved trail ascending the 1,399-
foot-high mountain amid
historical plaques. The climb,
lined with spring wildflowers or
views of the snow-dusted San
Bernardino Mountains in winter,
rewards hikers with expansive
Riverside valley views.
mt-rubidoux.org
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