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
Balch Park, northeast of Springville
Buck Rock Fire Lookout, Sequoia National Forest
Bartlett Park, east of Porterville
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
Cutler Park, northeast of Visalia
Dry Creek Preserve, near Woodlake and Lemoncove
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Homer Ranch Preserve, near Woodlake and Lemoncove
Hospital Rock, Sequoia National Park
Kaweah Oaks Preserve, east of Visalia
Kaweah Post Office, Three Rivers
Lake Kaweah, west of Three Rivers
Ledbetter Park, Cutler-Orosi
Mineral King, east of Three Rivers
Mooney Grove Park, Visalia
Moro Rock Stairway, (nearby), Sequoia National Park
Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest
Success Lake, east of Porterville
Tule River Parkway, Porterville
Rock Climbing
Buck Rock, Sequoia National Forest
Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park
Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest
Wilderness Areas: most of our county’s Wilderness areas (particularly Domeland) offer rock climbing
