Crestline audio tours and stories

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Lake Gregory Self-Guided Walking Tour

A 2.3-mile, ~50-minute walk around Lake Gregory in Crestline — the "Switzerland of Southern California." Across 21 stops, trace the Serrano people, the logging boom and Arthur Gregory's dam, the 1938 flood that filled the lake in three days, the Hollywood-era San Moritz Lodge, the "swingingest town in America," wintering bald eagles, and a mountain community that keeps rebuilding through fire and Snowmageddon.

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Lake Gregory Self-Guided Walking Tour

The "Swingingest Town in America"

For a few decades, this Swiss-themed mountain town had a wilder alter ego: "Crestline, the Swingingest Town in America," where local lore counts 47 gambling halls and a 1948 sheriff's raid that hauled off some 800 illegal slot machines.

Crestline, California

Lake Gregory Self-Guided Walking Tour

How Crestline Got Its Name

In 1906 a syndicate of San Bernardino investors bought 630 acres atop this ridge for $11,000 and held a contest to name their new summer colony. The winner — "Crestline," the line of the crest — stuck, even though the town never did: it remains an unincorporated community of about 11,600, with no mayor and no city hall.

Crestline, California

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