Welcome to the Inn!

Welcome to the Black Bear Inn      

Good through September 30, 2008

“Owners' Suite” is now available on request.
Click on our BOOK ONLINE  graphic above or give us a call for details and pricing.

Find out more about our incredible region!

We're your perfect home base for recreation!

Beautiful Sequoias, amazing scenery
and the peacefulness of the heavens full of stars! 

You can experience all this and more year round at the only 
Bed & Breakfast in Arnold, California.

The Black Bear Inn is a 5,200 square foot timber frame constructed inn on 1.3 acres in a park-like setting that was completed in 2002. For more construction information, please visit our Contact Us page.

Our five guest rooms have private baths, king beds, fireplaces, radiant heating and cooling, satellite television, and we include a family style breakfast. Take a look at the rooms.

Outdoors we offer a covered spa for year round relaxation, a large patio and a group event area with lawn that's perfect for weddings and receptions.

We are close to restaurants, antique shops, galleries, apparel and gift shops, golfing, skiing, and wineries and offer a year-round destination, an ideal mountain getaway.

Please give us a call or email us for more details on how to recharge your batteries with a Sierra Getaway to the Arnold Black Bear Inn!

We've got great ideas for every season!

Please explore and enjoy our website and then plan your stay at the Black Bear Inn.

                                                       - Kirk & Doreen Swanson, Innkeepers
 

We're located at the center of great recreation. 

Bear Valley Adventures offers excellent summer recreation with kayak and mountain bike rentals and tours. Contact the Black Bear Inn to get an overview of all the outdoor adventure opportunities in our region.

The perfect spot for going wine tasting, shopping,
entertainment and enjoying the High Sierra. 

At 4,000 feet, you head down the mountain from the Inn for wine-tasting, Calaveras Big Trees, entertainment, and great shopping, and head up Highway 4 to explore and enjoy high country recreation and scenery.

On the right menu, click on Calaveras Big Trees, and Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway graphics -- or visit our Experiences page to learn more about our region's year-round activities!

Spectacular Highway 4 is a National Scenic Byway

Arnold is the gateway to the new Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway (EPSB). Find out more about the journey that begins in Arnold and other great events and activities in our region. 

Spectacular scenery and recreational opportunities stretch east from Arnold to Bear Valley, across Ebbetts Pass at 8,730 feet, and descend to meet with Highway 89 at picturesque Markleeville.

The EPSB offers the most wilderness scenery of any Scenic Byway in California. Download a brochure about the EPSB with a map and points of interest.

Click on the photo of Silver Creek Canyon (copyright 2005 by Dick James) for images from excellent local photographers of the EPSB on the US Department of Transportation Scenic Byways website. Look on the left side of the website for "Photos."  

See more images by Dick James and Chris Hall on the Scenic Byways website.

Visit our Contact page to learn more about who provided some of the great images on our website, or click on the bear cubs photo to find out more.

 

 

 

 

 


EXPLORE OUR WEBSITE

 

One of 20 local wineries and a spectacular facility.


 

Bear Vally Adventures provides year-round recreation!

 

The Scenic Byway begins in Arnold!

Golf, Ski, Wineries & Shopping

 

 

Click for Arnold, California Forecast

 

 Gift Baskets, Massage & More

 

 

We're looking forward to your visit!

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