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This hidden Sequoia Grove can be all yours, if you don't mind searching the dirt roads for it. Back road exploration in the Giant Sequoias can lead to amazing picnic spots. Ponderosa California is small mountain community on the Western Divide Hwy, near the Upper Kern River & right in the middle of big pine forest beauty. A general store, a restaurant cafe, a bar & several cabin homes. The newest National Park addition, the Giant Sequoia National Monument, is located here.

Sequoia National Forest Map

Golden Trout Wilderness/South Sierra Map

Golden Trout Wilderness Trail Map

Sierra Nevada Topo Map

Sequoia Kings Canyon Map

elevation: 7200'

population: 500

zip code: 93208

Mountain

terrain:
High elevation pine forest along small highway. Access in winter months from the north only. Western Divide Hwy to the south is usually closed.

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location:
Tulare County
in Sequoia National Forest
Hwy 190/ Western Divide Hwy

recreation:

backpacking

camping

fishing

rock climbing - The Needles & Dome Rock

mountain biking

Horse Pack Trips

Horseback Trails

Cross Country Skiing

Snow Mobiling

Roads End on Kern River Photos

parks, forests, rivers & lakes:

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Sequoia National Forest

Kern River

Golden Trout Wilderness

Dome Land Wilderness

Trail of 100 Giants

Tule River

Tule River Indian Reservation

Kern River Gorge

Forks of the Kern

ponderosa campgrounds

Quaking Aspen Campground
Belknap Campground - Camp Nelson
Camp Wishon - Sequoia
Redwood Meadow Campground
Holey Meadow Sequoia Group Campground
Fairview Kern River Camping

description:
Western Divide Highway (from Kernville & California Hot Springs) is CLOSED seasonally due to snow fall. Small cabin community; pine mountain ridge line w/ quaking aspens; Granite domes, granite gorge, views, steep hillsides in North Sequoia National Forest. Plenty outdoor recreation. Traveling anytime in OCT-MAY: carry snow chains - always.

nearby towns:
Camp Nelson
Springville
California Hot Springs
Fairview
Roads End

local links:

PonderosaCA.com
Quaker Meadow Christian Camp
Southern Sequoia Weather
R-Ranch in the Sequoias
Hiking Sequoia / Ponderosa
The Needles Fire Lookout

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