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DRIVE 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.
VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE BIG BEAR LAKE, California, opposite; horseback riding in Temecula, below.
of Spanish and Moorish architecture, adorned with priceless Italian and Spanish treasures.
The San Bernardino County Museum in the Hall of History explores local history by exhibiting a covered wagon that crossed the Mojave Desert from Salt Lake City. Other halls include biodiversity, earth sciences as well as desert gardens and native plant gardens.
Family Fun
The fun begins with rides on the locomo- tives and trolleys of the Southern California 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 Moun- tain Recreation Area in Big Bear Lake.
INSIDER’S 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 is some 3.5 miles of paved trail ascending the 1,332-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. riversideca.gov/park_rec/
facilities-parks/mt-rubidoux
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