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Treasures Sorted by Activities and Interests

Tulare County Treasures await you in or near communities all over our big county (California’s seventh-largest and one of its most geographically diverse).  Travel our back roads and byways as well as our highways to explore an amazing array of landscapes, cultural and historical sites, and famous trails.  Whatever your interests and favorite activities are, you’ll find Treasures to enjoy and inspire you along your way.

Please Contact Us if we’ve missed listing an activity, an interest, or a Treasure that meets our criteria. Thank you! 

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Educational Activities/Museums/
Visitor Centers

Blue Oak Ranch Preserve (McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve) — special events

Colonel Allensworth SHP — docent-led tours, special events

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

Giant Forest Museum, Sequoia National Park

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

Kaweah Oaks Preserve — docent-led tours, special events

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

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

River Ridge Ranch & Institute — Trout in the Classroom, River Ridge Institute events

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

Tulare County Museum (at Mooney Grove Park)

Tulare Historical Museum (in City of Tulare)

Wilsonia

Zalud House Museum, Porterville

Four Wheel Drive and ATV/OHV Trails

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Sequoia National Forest

Hiking

Virtually every natural Treasures site invites hiking.

History

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

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

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

Dinuba Southern Pacific Depot Museum

Exeter Senior Center (formerly Exeter Carnegie Library) , NRHP

First Congregational Church of Porterville, (v) NRHP

Fountain Springs, California Historic Landmark

Generals Highway Stone Bridges, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

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, California Historic Landmark

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

Moro Rock Stairway, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Orosi Branch Library (Carnegie Library),  NRHP

Pear Lake Ski Hut, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Pogue Hotel (now Lemon Cove Women’s Club), Lemoncove, NRHP

Porterville Historical Museum

Porterville Main U.S. Post Office, NRHP

Quinn Ranger Station, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Redwood Meadow Ranger Station, Sequoia N.P., NRHP

Sequoia Field-Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics, north 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, Sequoia N.P., NRHP

Squatter’s Cabin, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Tharp’s Log, Sequoia National Park, NRHP

Tulare Historical Museum, City of Tulare

Tulare Union High School Auditorium, NRHP

Visalia Town Center U.S. Post Office, NRHP

Wilsonia, NRHP

Zalud House Museum, Porterville, NRHP

Horseback Riding/Pack Stations

Buck Rock (v) (nearby), Sequoia National Forest

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Golden Trout Wilderness

Kings Canyon National Park

Lake Kaweah (seasonal)

Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest

River Ridge Ranch & Institute

Sequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Park

Success Lake — Kincade Cove Wildlife Management Area

Hunting (license required)

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Golden Trout Wilderness

Kings River Park (559-592-2200)

Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest

River Ridge Ranch & Institute

Sequoia National Forest

Success Lake — Kincade Cove Wildlife Management Area (shotguns only)

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