The Arrowhead Highlands area of Crestline is on the south east border of Crestline, and runs along Crest Forest Drive closest to highway 18 and Lake Gregory Drive. This historic part of Crestline(well, all of Crestline is historic, really!) used to be the only route to get into the town of Crestline, until the highway 138 Crestline Cutoff was constructed. This route is now Lake Gregory Drive, and there was a stop called Lee's Garage (Crestline by Rhea-Francis Tetley)on the highway for travelers to get food, gas and to use a restroom. It was built next to Sphinx rock, which is still there today and has been in many silent movies that were made here in Crestline and elsewhere on the mountain.
The building is still there, and is known as the Cliffhanger restaurant. The building was in the movie Next with Nicolas Cage and Jessica Biel most recently, and currently is up for sale. On a very clear day you can see the ocean and Catalina island. It is really a spectacular view from this lookout, when you are able to see the valley below, as well as Lake Elsinore and much of the Inland Empire laid out at your feet.
The Arrowhead Highlands was going to be developed as another mini vacationers club with croquet, tennis,a pool, horseshoes, clubhouse and more. However with the Depression, funding for the project didn't materialize and this subdivision became just an area for cabins and homes.
The Arrowhead Higlands are the highest point in Crestline, at an altitude of 5174 feet. This area does get more snow that the town of Crestline, due to it being slightly higher but also because it is located close to the rim of the mountain and the updrafts from down in the valley blow the snow heavy on this side. I will drive around some days after it's snowed and take some really fabulous pictures of the ice that has formed on the Highlands trees and shrubs. The ice can make some beautiful sculptures!
There are many unique homes in the Arrowhead Highlands, and this area is quiet and semi-secluded with gorgeous stands of spruce and cedars. Because this area is higher up on the rim of Crestline, when the fog rolls in it comes through here first. Seeing the trees emerge from the fog, and smelling the wet forest smell is truly a treat. Many homes here have really fabulous views, either of the ridgelines around Crestline, Lake Gregorydown in the town of Crestline, the night lights of the San Bernardino valley, the ocean and Catalina island. To live here in the Arrowhead Highlands is truly it's own unique experience.
To find out about homes that are currently for sale in the Arrowhead Highlands, or elsewhere in Crestline and Lake Arrowhead, please email me at steeleofalifetime@gmail.com.
Take care and God Bless!
Amy
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