Crest, California

About Crest

Crest is a small unincorporated community in southeastern California.

Crest holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.53 square miles.

📰 Crest News Today

• 6179 Summit Crest Cir, San Diego, CA 92130 Realtor.com · Aug 14
• Car drops off Angeles Crest Highway, killing driver; 3 passengers survive Los Angeles Times · Aug 6
• 1 dead after car plunges 200 feet over cliff along Angeles Crest Highway in La Cañada Flintridge ABC7 Los Angeles · Aug 6
• Using Carnivore Scat to Find Endangered Prey Species Along California’s Pacific Crest Animal Welfare Institute · Jul 2
• Norovirus Outbreak Spreads Along Pacific Crest Trail in California, Causing Dozens of Hikers to Suddenly Fall Ill Discover Magazine · May 26

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Crest Unique

• The only place in America named Crest — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Crest

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🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Crest

• Nancy Jane County Park reviews ★
• South Lane County Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Crest

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