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!

Museums/Visitor Centers

See “Educational Activities/Museums/Visitor Centers”

 

Photography

All Treasure sites offer excellent opportunities for photography.

Picnicking

Alpaugh Park

Balch Park, northeast of Springville

Buck Rock Fire Lookout  (v), Sequoia National Forest

Bartlett Park, east of Porterville

Cutler Park, northeast of Visalia

Dry Creek Preserve (v), near Woodlake and Lemoncove

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Homer Ranch Preserve, near Woodlake and Lemoncove

Hospital Rock, Sequoia National Park

Kaweah Oaks Preserve (v), east of Visalia

Kaweah Post Office (v), Three Rivers

Kings Canyon National Park

Lake Kaweah, west of Three Rivers

Ledbetter Park, Cutler-Orosi

Mineral King, east of Three Rivers (v)

Mooney Grove Park, Visalia

Moro Rock Stairway (nearby), Sequoia National Park

Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest (v)

Pixley Park

Sequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Park

Success Lake, east of Porterville

Tule River Parkway(v), Porterville

Rock Climbing

Buck Rock (v), Sequoia National Forest

Kings Canyon National Park

Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park

Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest (v)

Sequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Park