Blue Jay, California

San Bernardino County

Blue Jay is a town in San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California.

Geography

Blue Jay is located in the San Bernardino Mountains in the immediate vicinity of Lake Arrowhead. The nearest large towns are San Bernardino (15 kilometers south-west ) and Hesperia (20 kilometers northwest ). The city covers an area of ​​three square kilometers.

Demographic data

In 2000, a population of 2,134 people revealed with a mean age of 34.9 years.

History

With a small orchard, a retail store and some vacation rentals, the occupation of the site began in 1914. As the Lake Arrowhead has been artificially created, and the town began to grow. Because of the area numerous occurring blue jays called the place in 1934, "Blue Jay". However, It was at the local birds around the Steller (Cyanocitta stelleri ), English Steller's Jay and not to the further East -based Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata ), English Blue Jay. After the confusion was recognized, it was left still with the original name.

Today Blue Jay is active in tourism with offers for tours in the San Bernardino Mountains as well as for water sports on Lake Arrowhead and directed the annual "Blue Jay Jazz Festival " from.