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town.kings canyon

lodging

This amazing view is taken from the Eastern border of Kings Canyon National Park, on the Kearsarge Pass. A healthy day hike from the parking lot at Onion Valley (9000' elevation) to the Pass at 11,000'. Elevations in this park range from oak lands at 3000' to steep mountain peaks of 13,000'

elevation: 4000'

population: 100

zip code: 93633

Mountain

terrain:
Deep granite gorge in the Sierra Nevada mountains

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location:
Tulare County
East of Fresno
Hwy 180, dead ends in the Sierras

recreation:

Backpacking

Camping

Fishing

Hiking

Grants Grove

Kayaking

Horse Pack Trips

Picnicing

Caverns & Caves

Waterfalls

river rafting

parks, forests, rivers & lakes:

Hume Lake

Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Forest

Inyo National Forest

Kings Canyon National Park

Kings River California

kings canyon campgrounds

Hume Lake Campground
Princess Campground NPS
Aspen Hollow - Hume Lake
Big Meadows Cabin
Stony Creek Campground NPS
Big Meadows Road #14S11
Riverland Resort, on Hwy 99
Kings River Camping

description:
A very scenic drive, via a curvy highway that cuts thru farmlands, oak foothills, sequoia groves, granite walls with caverns & eventually ends up at a hiking/camping/waterfall paradise called Cedar Grove... the eastern far end of Hwy 180. Kings River is the longest river in the Sierras!

nearby towns:
Badger
Fresno
Reedley
Sequoia National Park
Visalia
Clovis
Pine Flat
Three Rivers
Orosi
Grant Grove

local links:

Lodgepole Visitor Center
559-565-3341
http://www.nps.gov/seki/

Kings River Life Magazine
Kings River Rafting Expeditions
Crystal Cave Sequoia
Kings River Trail

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