Sequoia National Forest News & Information Service
Places to See
Amos Alonzo Stagg Tree
The Stagg tree features the second largest footprint of any living giant sequoia, measuring 109 ft (33 m) in circumference at ground level, and second only to Boole. The tree is believed to be over 3,000 years old, making it one of the oldest living giant sequoias.
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Stagg sits upon the private land of the Rouch family, making it the largest privately owned tree in the world. However, it remains freely accessible to the public.
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Redwood Meadow Campground is deep in the Sequoia National Forest and the Giant Sequoia National Monument, about 60 miles southeast of Porterville. Visitors to the campground are next to the Trail of 100 Giants, a wheelchair-accessible, 1½-mile path through a magnificent grove of Giant Sequoias. Fishing is good in nearby Parker Creek.
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https://californiasbestcamping.com/sequoia_nf/redwood_meadow.html
Trail of 100 Giants offers an easy, accessible walk through the Long Meadow Grove, one of the premier groves of giant sequoias in our area. Along the trail, you'll see impressively large giant sequoia trees, estimated up to 1,500 years old.
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/sequoia/recarea/?recid=79825
The John M. Nelson Conservancy was organized to acquire, preserve, and maintain for public enjoyment those natural and historic features of the Upper Tule River region of the Sierra Nevada Mountains which are unique, endangered, or scarce, and to perform all acts reasonably necessary or appropriate to such purposes.
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The 25 groves in the Tule River, Kern River, and Deer Creek watersheds are mostly in Giant Sequoia National Monument, with some areas in Sequoia National Park, Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest, and Tule River Reservation; all are in southern Tulare County (listed north to south):
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Sequoia_National_Monument
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While hiking Summit Trail is a fantastic and beautiful forested hike in and of itself, attaining the summit of Slate Mountain yields one of the very best vistas in the Southern Sierra.
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http://www.kernriversierra.com/hike/Slate_Mountain_Hike.html
If you are on the Western Divide Hwy near the hamlet of Ponderosa, you don't want to miss this Dome Rock! This massive dome of solid granite provides an eagle's eye of the mountainous region of the upper Kern drainage.
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From Jordan Peak, you can see northward towards Dennison Peak, Moses Mountain, Maggie Mountain, Vandever Mountain, and the other peaks near Mineral King. Looking east you can see all the way to Olancha Peak! Looking south you can see Slate Mountain and Mule Peak. Looking westward and on a clear day, you can see all the way to the coast range of California.
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Nobe Young Falls was once the secret treasure of the Sequoia National Forest.
https://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/waterfalls/california-nobe-young-falls/
Rising from the North Fork of the Kern River near its junction with the Little Kern, The Needles are a series of massive granite rock formations. For climbers, they are awe inspiring and offer some of the best rockclimbing anywhere.
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Be prepared to be overwhelmed with the choices you have when it comes to hiking in the Sequoia National Forest!
There are an incredible amount of day-hikes available that all offer different views, from forests to deserts, to granite peaks. Hiking is the way to explore the forest and is allowed anywhere within the forest.
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Freeman Creek Grove (4,192 acres), also known as Lloyd Meadow Grove, is the largest unlogged grove outside of a National Park.
The sequoias are mainly south of Freeman Creek with approximately 800 large trees (10 feet in diameter or more).
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sequoia/specialplaces/?cid=fsbdev3_059108
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