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MAPS & TOURS:  TREASURES SORTED BY ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Educational Activities/Museums/
Visitor Centers

PictureDinuba Southern Pacific Depot Museum


Blue Oak Ranch Preserve (Sopac McCarthy Mulholland Blue Oak Ranch Preserve) -- special events

Colonel Allensworth SHP -- docent-led tours, special events

Dinuba Southern Pacific Depot Museum
(Alta District Historical Society Museum)


PictureKaweah Oaks Preserve
Giant Forest Museum

History of Farm Labor and Agriculture Museum
(Tulare County Museum addition in Mooney Grove Park)


Kaweah Oaks Preserve -- docent-led tours, special events

PictureLake Kaweah Heritage Visitor Center
Kings Canyon National Park -- museums/visitor centers; Ranger-led hikes, talks, campfire programs

Lake Kaweah -- visitor center, Ranger-led dam tours, exhibits and bookstore, campfire programs

Mooney Grove Park -- Tulare County Museum and History of Farm Labor & Agriculture Museum


PictureOrosi-Cutler Branch Library (Carnegie Library)
Orosi-Cutler Branch Library (Carnegie Library) -- books, board games,
crafts, computers, Storytime, Family Movies, and more

  
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge -- 1.5 mile walking trail with interpretive panels and wildlife viewing; Environmental Education Program staff-led field trips


Porterville Historical Museum

PictureTrout in the Classroom, River Ridge Ranch
River Ridge Ranch -- Trout in the Classroom, River Ridge Institute

Sequoia National Park  -- museums/visitor centers;  Ranger-led hikes,
talks, campfire programs


Springville Historical Museum (Sponsored by Tule River Historical Society)

Three Rivers Historical Museum


PictureTulare Historical Museum
Tulare County Museum (at Mooney Grove Park)

Tulare Historical Museum (in City of Tulare)

Wilsonia

Zalud House Museum, Porterville


Fishing  (license required)

PictureBalch Park

Balch Park

Bartlett Park (restricted to seniors, people with disabilities, or children 15 or under)

Giant Sequoia National Monument


PictureBartlett Park
Golden Trout Wilderness

Kings Canyon National Park

Lake Kaweah


Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest


River Ridge Ranch

PictureKings Canyon National Park
Sequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Park

Success Lake (East of Porterville)




F
our Wheel Drive and ATV/OHV Trails

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Sequoia National Forest



PictureBlue Oak Ranch Preserve
Hiking


Virtually every natural Treasures site invites hiking.





History
PictureAsh Mountain Entrance Sign


Ash Mountain Entrance Sign, Sequoia National Park, NRHP
      

Balch Park - museum and historic site

Bank of Italy Building (now Bank of the Sierra), Visalia,  NRHP


Barton-Lackey Cabin, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

PictureCattle Cabin, Sequoia National Park
Butterfield Stage Route, California Historic Landmark

Cabin Creek Ranger Residence & Dormitory, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Cattle Cabin, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

C. A. Elster Building, Springville, NRHP


Charter Oak, East of Visalia, California Historic Landmark

PictureCol. Allensworth's House
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

Exeter Public Library, NRHP


First Congregational Church of Porterville, (v) NRHP


Fountain Springs, California Historic Landmark

Generals Highway Stone Bridges,
Sequoia National Park, NRHP

PictureHockett Meadow Ranger Station, Sequoia National Park
Giant Forest Lodge Historic District, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Giant Forest Village-Camp Kaweah Historic District, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Hockett Meadow Ranger Station, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Hospital Rock, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Kaweah Post Office, Three Rivers, CA Historic Landmark


PictureMineral King
Kings Canyon National Park -- museum/visitor center and historic sites

Mineral King Road Cultural Landscape, NRHP

Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest -- historic sites

Mooney Grove Park -- museums



PictureMoro Rock Stairway, Sequoia National Park

Moro Rock Stairway, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Orosi Branch Library, NRHP

Pear Lake Ski Hut, Sequoia National Park, NRHP


PicturePogue Hotel (Lemon Cove Woman's Club)

Pogue Hotel (now Lemon Cove Woman's Club), Lemoncove, NRHP

Porterville Historical Museum

Porterville Main U.S. Post Office, NRHP

Quinn Ranger Station, Sequoia National Park, NRHP


PictureRedwood Meadow Ranger Station, Sequoia National Park
Redwood Meadow Ranger Station, Sequoia N.P., NRHP

Sequoia Field-Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics, N of Visalia, NRHP

Sequoia National Park -- museums/visitor centers and historic sites

Shorty Lovelace Historic District, Kings Canyon N.P., NRHP

Smithsonian Institution Shelter, atop Mt. Whitney, S.N.P., NRHP


PictureTharp's Log, Sequoia National Park
Squatter's Cabin, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Tharp's Log, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Tulare Historical Museum


Tulare Union High School Auditorium, NRHP


Visalia Town Center U.S. Post Office

PictureWilsonia Historic District

Wilsonia, NRHP

Zalud House Museum,  Porterville 



PictureGolden Trout Wilderness

Horseback Riding/Pack Stations

Buck Rock (v) (nearby)

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Golden Trout Wilderness

 
Kings Canyon National Park



PictureKings Canyon National Park
Lake Kaweah (seasonal)

Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest

River Ridge Ranch

Sequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Park



Hunting  (license required)

PictureThree Rivers Historical Museum

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Golden Trout Wilderness


Kings River Park (592-2200)

Lake Success Wildlife Management Area (shotguns only)

Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest

Sequoia National Forest



Photos on this page by:  John Greening, Laurie Schwaller,
and courtesy of
the Porterville Recorder and Wikipedia


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