California
Southern California
San Bernardino County

Big Bear

Big Bear City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , United States along the east shore of and surrounded by the .
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  • Type: Town with 12,700 residents
  • Description: census designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Big Bear City”, “Big Bear City, CA”, and “Big Bear City, California”
  • Postal code: 92314
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Big Bear City Airport and Big Bear Alpine Zoo.

Aerodrome
is a high-elevation public , operated by the Big Bear Airport District, located in the in Big Bear City, California, United States.

Zoo
The is a zoo in , , United States. It is one of two Alpine zoos in the United States. It specializes in the rehabilitation and release of local Alpine species and also has a permanent collection of animals in the zoo. is situated 2 miles southwest of Big Bear.

School
is a high school in Big Bear City, California. It is the only conventional high school in the Bear Valley Unified School District. It was established as an institution in 1948 but has since moved to a new building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Big Bear Lake and Fawnskin.

Photo: Don Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city in the middle of the San Bernardino National Forest in in .

Hamlet
Photo: Magi Media, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located on the northwest side of Big Bear Valley, in the heart of the , at an altitude of 6,827 feet. is situated 6 miles west of Big Bear.

Big Bear

Latitude
34.26112° or 34° 15′ 40″ north
Longitude
-116.84503° or 116° 50′ 42″ west
Population
12,700
Elevation
6,772 feet (2,064 metres)
IATA airport code
RBF
United Nations Location Code
US RBF
Open location code
85657563+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150954172
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5328152
Wiki­data ID
Q542794
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Big Bear” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيغ بير”
  • Basque: “Big Bear City”
  • Catalan: “Big Bear City”
  • Cebuano: “Big Bear City”
  • Chechen: “Биг-Бир-Сити”
  • Chinese: “Big Bear City”
  • Chinese: “大熊城”
  • Chinese: “大貝爾城”
  • Croatian: “Big Bear City”
  • Dutch: “Big Bear City”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيج بير”
  • French: “Big Bear City”
  • German: “Big Bear City”
  • Gilaki: “بیگ بئر سيتي”
  • Irish: “Big Bear City”
  • Italian: “Big Bear City”
  • Japanese: “ビッグ・ベア・シティー”
  • Ladin: “Big Bear City”
  • Malagasy: “Big Bear City, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Big Bear City”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Big Bear City”
  • Navajo: “Shashtsoh Shijéʼé”
  • Newari: “बिग ब्यर सिटी, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “बिग ब्यर सिटी”
  • Persian: “بیگ بر سیتی، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “بیگ بر سیتی”
  • Polish: “Big Bear City”
  • Portuguese: “Big Bear City”
  • Serbian: “Биг Бер Сити”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Big Bear City, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Big Bear City”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بیق بر سیتی، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Big Bear City (California)”
  • Spanish: “Big Bear City”
  • Swedish: “Big Bear City, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Big Bear City”
  • Tatar: “Биг-Бир-Сити”
  • Turkish: “Big Bear City”
  • Ukrainian: “Біг-Бір-Сіті”
  • Volapük: “Big Bear City”

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