Skip to content

Map Activities Discover Guides Trips Saves

A map of everywhere you can sleep outside in the U.S., with the weather and cell signal to match. Built to stay free.

Explore

Map
Hiking
State guides
Discover

Plan

Trip planner
My trips
Saves
Offline downloads

About

Privacy
Data deletion

© 2026 Roaming.Camp · Data from NPS, Recreation.gov, BLM, USFS, NWS, and the FCC.Operating on ceded ancestral land.Photography via Unsplash.

Leave it better than you found it.

GST dome

Hike

Woodland

Ends at Big Bear Lake
Inside San Bernardino National Forest
Camp 1 mi away

1.5 mi loop · 292 ft gain · 6,999 ft high point · Easy

In San Bernardino National Forest · California · U.S. Forest Service

About Elevation Highlights Map Camp near here More hikes

About this hike

This loop hike reaches Big Bear Lake in San Bernardino National Forest, climbing 292 feet.

Elevation

292 ft of gain around the loop.

Camp near here

The closest places to sleep, measured from the trailhead.

See all on the map

1.3 mi from the trailhead
Serrano
Campground · California

More hikes nearby

Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.

12 mi from you
San Gorgonio Mountain
- Summits San Gorgonio Mountain
- Inside San Bernardino National Forest
- 5,902 ft of climbing
17.6 mi out & back · 5,902 ft gain · Very hard
San Bernardino National Forest · Camp 6 mi away

Elevation along the trail from the start. Source: USGS 3DEP.

Highlights

What the trail reaches, measured from the start.

Big Bear LakeDestination · 0.0 mi in

Nearby reading

Goode Solar Telescope
Big Bear Solar Observatory
Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain

Map

The route at the trailhead. Drag with two fingers, or hold a key to zoom.

Trail data: USFS, NPS, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP via Mapzen terrain tiles. Nearby reading: Wikipedia. Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors, licensed as shown on each photo. Download the trail and feature data.

At a glance

Length: 1.5 mi
Shape: Loop
Gain: 292 ft
High point: 6,999 ft
Low point: 6,794 ft
Difficulty: EasyFrom 1.5 mi and 292 ft of climbing
Managed by: U.S. Forest Service
State: California
Camps within 15 mi: 33
Trailhead: 34.2633° N · 116.8890° W

Get directions Open the map

1.9 mi from the trailhead

Pineknot

Campground · California

2.0 mi from the trailhead

Buttercup Group Camp

Campground · California

14 mi from you

Oak Glen Divide

Summits Little San Gorgonio Peak
Inside San Bernardino National Forest
4,425 ft of climbing

13.0 mi out & back · 4,425 ft gain · Very hard

San Bernardino National Forest · Camp 4 mi away

Falls Creek

Summits Shields Peak
Inside San Bernardino National Forest
6,429 ft of climbing

19.3 mi loop · 6,427 ft gain · Very hard

San Bernardino National Forest · Camp 6 mi away

Little San Gorgonio

Summits Little San Gorgonio Peak
Inside San Bernardino National Forest
5,277 ft of climbing

10.8 mi out & back · 5,277 ft gain · Very hard

San Bernardino National Forest · Camp 10 mi away

Grinnell Mountain

Summits Grinnell Mountain
Inside San Bernardino National Forest
2,863 ft of climbing

11.8 mi out & back · 2,863 ft gain · Very hard

San Bernardino National Forest · Camp 2 mi away

DRY Lake

Passes Poopout Hill
Inside San Bernardino National Forest
4,934 ft of climbing

19.1 mi out & back · 4,934 ft gain · Very hard

San Bernardino National Forest · Camp under a mile away

More like this

Hikes that read like this one, wherever they are.

PCT Section 15
- Passes a viewpoint
- Inside San Bernardino National Forest
- 3,512 ft of climbing
20.5 mi out & back · 3,512 ft gain · Very hard
San Bernardino National Forest · Camp under a mile away
PCT Section 16
- Passes a viewpoint
- Inside San Bernardino National Forest
- 1,993 ft of climbing
11.4 mi out & back · 1,993 ft gain · Hard
San Bernardino National Forest · Camp under a mile away
PCT Section 18
- Passes a viewpoint
- Inside San Bernardino National Forest
- 2,834 ft of climbing
17.7 mi out & back · 2,834 ft gain · Very hard
San Bernardino National Forest · Camp under a mile away
Little Green Valley
- Inside San Bernardino National Forest
- Camp 1 mi away
2.6 mi out & back · 718 ft gain · Moderate
San Bernardino National Forest · Camp 1 mi away

Weather

7-day forecast

Today52°32°Sunny
Sun58°34°Sunny
Mon60°35°Sunny
Tue60°34°Sunny
Wed59°35°Partly Sunny
Thu56°34°Partly Sunny
Fri51°30°Chance Rain Showers

Today: Sunny · wind 5 to 10 mph N

National Weather Service · refreshed hourly

Signal

Cell coverage here

Verizon5G · Excellent
AT&TLTE · Good
T-Mobile5G · Excellent

FCC coverage data · signal varies in remote terrain