Mount Baldy or Mount Baldy Village, formerly Camp Baynham and Camp Baldy, is an

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in the

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located in

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and

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, with the county line running through the community. It is located below

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, commonly known as "Mount Baldy", hence its name.

Geography

It is located below Mount San Antonio (Mt Baldy) in San Antonio Canyon. San Antonio Creek flows through the community. It is surrounded by the

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. Mt Baldy is north of

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History

Around the turn of the twentieth century, when the Baldy Bowl was transitioning from resource extraction and toward recreation, a series of bitter conflicts took place there between the San Antonio Water Company and various camp owners. Pollution of the watershed and an 1899 brush fire led the company to wrest legal control of the road through the canyon away from Charles Baynham, close off the canyon with locked gates, and station armed guards to keep out intruders. But after some time and various legal battles, the company decided to profit from recreation rather than discouraging it. It bought Baynham's Camp in 1907 but then hired Baynham to manage it, charging tolls on the road from 1908 to 1922. The camp was renamed Camp Baldy in 1910, and in the following year the canyon became accessible by automobile. By the early 1920s there were numerous trail camps and resorts in the area. When the area became a national forest in 1908, the forest service began offering 99-year leases of plots of land, including at Camp Baldy. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 destroyed most of the human-made structures in Camp Baldy. The casino was destroyed, but the hotel (today's Buckhorn Lodge) survived. Camp Baldy was rebuilt and later became Mt. Baldy Village.

Buildings

Mt Baldy has a

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with ZIP code 91759. The community was established as Camp Baynham in 1906; it changed its name to Camp Baldy in 1910 and became Mt Baldy in 1951. Its post office was established in 1913. The

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operates the Mt Baldy School in town. The Mt Baldy Zen Center is located in the area. The Mt Baldy Ski Lifts are located north of the town, on the slopes of Mt Baldy. The lifts are operated by the Mt Baldy Ski Resort, which has restaurants and lodging within the town. Mt. Baldy Road is the only road to reach the ski resort and other popular sites; as a result, the town is a highly visited areahttps://countywideplan.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/68/2020/08/23_Mt-Baldy_Community-Profile_2019.pdf as tourists who plan on cycling or hiking within the valley, reaching the summit of Mt Baldy, or skiing, pass the town.

Utilities and services

The town of Mount Baldy is served by privately owned utilities. Public services are by county and state governments. Mt. Baldy is located in

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, represented by Republican

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Electricity

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Cable TV and internet

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Natural gas

Gas is propane, as no natural gas lines are available.

Law enforcement

* San Bernardino County Sheriff *

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Fire

* San Bernardino County Fire Department *

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Schools

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Municipal governments

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Roads

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Climate

Mt Baldy has relatively cold and very wet winters with moderate snowfall. Temperatures often fall to at night. It is usually during the day during the winter, and 25–35 °F at night. Annual snowfall is about . Summer temperatures are mild to warm, and can get chilly at night. Daytime temperatures are , with lows of . Thunderstorms are not common, on occasion they brew in the mountains in and surrounding Mt Baldy. They usually occur in the afternoon, and clear up by late evening.

References

External links

Mt Baldy Fire Department
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