Lytle Creek, California

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Lytle Creek is 6 square miles of unincorporated community in San Bernardino County. It is approximately 15 miles northwest of the City of San Bernardino and 10 miles from the cities of Fontana and Rialto. This small remote community is located in a large southeast-trending canyon on the eastern portion of the San Gabriel Mountains completely within the boundaries of the San Bernardino National Forest.

The ZIP Code for Lytle Creek is 92358 and the community is inside area code 909.

Mormons arrived in the valley in 1851, making camp at the mouth a canyon with a creek, which flowed briskly southeast through the canyon to the valley and the Santa Ana River. Overjoyed with the abundance of water, the dense growth of willows, cottonwoods and sycamores and the mustard and wild oats that grew on the hillsides, the settlers named the stream "Lytle Creek" after their leader, Captain Andrew Lytle. Lytle Creek Canyon has been a site for gold mining, farming, and recreation activities such as fishing, camping, picnicking, and hiking. It has been considered a recreational area since the early 1870’s.