According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.0 km sq (3.5 square miles), all land. The nearby ski resort http://www.bigbearmountainresorts.com/ is also called by the same name. Most of the town and the business district are centered around Big Bear Blvd. Its limits are defined on the West by Division Road and on the east by the left turn at Hwy 38 which goes down to Redlands. Though its south boundary is loosely defined by the residential boundary, the north side is defined by North Shore Road. The east-west postal divider of Big Bear City is Green Way Drive. It is here that Hwy 18 of Big Bear Blvd. turns north and crosses over to North Shore Drive heading east toward Lucerne Valley, and Hwy 38 coming from the east turns north to North Shore and heads west to Big Bear Dam. Sugarloaf is a large residential area that lies to the south of Big Bear City. Due to it's high altitude it is often the location of the training camps for many BoxingBoxers and Mixed martial arts contestants such as Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, and Tito Ortiz. http://www.maxboxing.com/Kim/kim111301.asphttp://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/061220/sports/misc_mma_ortiz This is due to an effect that prolonged training in high altitudes has upon the oxygen transport system of the blood. Big Bear City is located at (34.262695, -116.844618). Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bear_City%2C_California