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, and enjoy the communities that welcome you along your way.
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Foothills, Mountains, gateway is Three Rivers, E of Visalia on Hwy 198)
Ash Mountain Entrance Sign, AKA the Indian Head (Foothills, just E of Three Rivers in Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Barton-Lackey Cabin, AKA Barton Cattle Camp, Lackey Cattle Camp (Mountains, Kings Canyon N.P.; NRHP)
Bearpaw High Sierra Camp (Mountains, Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Cabin Creek Ranger Residence and Dormitory (AKA Cabin Creek Ranger Station, Buildings 65, 66, 319, Mountains, in Wilsonia, Kings Canyon N.P.; NRHP)
Cattle Cabin (NRHP, Mountains, located in Giant Forest, Sequoia N.P.)
General Grant National Park Historic District (Wilsonia,NRHP; Kings Canyon N.P.)
General Grant Tree (Mountains, in Grant Grove in Kings Canyon N.P.)
Generals Highway Stone Bridges (AKA Clover Creek Bridge, Marble Fork Bridge; Mountains, near Lodgepole, Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Giant Forest (Mountains, Sequoia N.P.)
Giant Forest Lodge Historic District (AKA Camp Sierra; Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Giant Forest Village-Camp Kaweah Historic District (Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Grant Grove (Mountains, Kings Canyon N.P.)
Hockett Meadow Ranger Station (Mountains, Sequoia N.P., NRHP) and Backcountry Wilderness Rangers in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks
Hospital Rock (Foothills, Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Mineral King Road Cultural Landscape (Mountains, Sequoia N.P., along Mineral King Road from Lookout Point Ranger Station to Mineral King; NRHP)
Moro Rock Stairway (Mountains, Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Pear Lake Ski Hut (Mountains, accessible via the Lakes Trail out of Wolverton, Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Quinn Ranger Station (Mountains, Sequoia N.P.; NRHP), and Harry Quinn, the Early Sheep Industry, & the National Parks
Redwood Meadow Ranger Station (Mountains, Sequoia N.P.; NRHP) and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Trail Crews
Shorty Lovelace Historic District (Mountains, E of Pinehurst, Kings Canyon N.P.; NRHP)
Smithsonian Institution Shelter (Mountains, atop Mt. Whitney, Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Squatter’s Cabin (Sequoia N.P.; NRHP)
Tharp’s Log (Mountains, Sequoia N.P., in Giant Forest; NRHP)
Springville (Foothills, E of Porterville on Hwy 190)
Balch Park (Mountains; County park, nearby, via J37/Balch Park Dr, or turn onto Bear Creek Rd from J37)
Blue Oak Ranch Preserve (McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve) (in nearby Foothills; via J37/Balch Park Rd and Harris Rd; open to public on weekends dawn to dusk and for special events
Blue Ridge ACEC (BLM); Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (US FWS); Foothills; closed to public access except for viewing from J37/Balch Park Rd and M296/Yokohl Dr and Blue Ridge Lookout area via J37 to N on County Rd 276/Blue Ridge Rd)
Circle J-Norris Ranch (SCICON property, in nearby Foothills; N on J37/Balch Park Dr; open to public by appointment only; students’ visits scheduled by their schools)
C.A. Elster Building (Foothills, CA 190 and Tule River Dr., in Springville, NRHP)
Giant Sequoia National Monument (gateway: Mountains; east on Hwy 190)
Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest (v) (Mountains; nearby, N on J37/Balch Park Dr, or turn onto Bear Creek Rd from J37)
River Ridge Ranch & Institute (v) (in nearby Foothills, N on J37/Balch Park Dr; open to public by appointment or reservation only, or for special events)
SCICON (Clemmie Gill School of Science and Conservation, in nearby Foothills; on J37/Balch Park Dr.; open to public three times annually; students’ visits scheduled by their schools)
Sequoia National Forest (gateway; Foothills, Mountains; east on Hwy 190)
Springville Historical Museum (Tule River Historical Society), (Foothills)
Success Lake (Foothills, W of Springville on Hwy 190)
Three Rivers (Foothills, east of Visalia on Hwy 198)
Kaweah Post Office – California Historical Landmark (Foothills, N of Hwy 198 on North Fork Dr)
Lake Kaweah (Foothills, just W of Three Rivers along Hwy 198)
Mineral King Road Cultural Landscape (gateway; Mountains; NRHP; Mineral King is about 26 miles up Mineral King Rd out of Three Rivers)
Sequoia National Park (gateway; Foothills and Mountains; see “Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks” above on this page)
Three Rivers Historical Museum (Foothills, 42268 Sierra Dr, on Hwy 198)
Tulare (Valley, S of Visalia on Hwy 99 and Hwy 63)
Elk Bayou Park (19701 Hosfield Dr.)
Temporary Detention Camps for Japanese Americans – Tulare Assembly Center – California Historical Landmark (Tulare County Fairgrounds)
Tulare Historical Museum (Valley; 444 W. Tulare Avenue)
Tulare Union High School Auditorium (Valley; 755 E. Tulare Ave; NRHP)
Tule River Indian Reservation (Foothills, SE of Porterville, on Rd J42 S of Hwy 190)
Tule River Indian Reservation – California Historical Landmark
Visalia (Valley, E of Hwy 99 on Hwy 198)
Bank of Italy Building (AKA Bank of America Building and currently Bank of the Sierra; 128 E Main St; NRHP)
Charter Oak (Election Tree) – California Historical Landmark (nearby, 7 mi E of Visalia, on Charter Oak rd., 0.3 mi. W of Rd 180)
Cutler Park (nearby County park, located 5 mi E of Visalia on Hwy 216 to Ivanhoe, at 15520 Ivanhoe Dr; free entry)
Fox Theatre, (Valley), 308 W. Main Street, Visalia
History of Farm Labor and Agriculture Museum (Tulare County Museum, in Mooney Grove Park)
Kaweah Oaks Preserve (v) (nearby, Valley, about 7 mi E on Hwy 198, then go 1/2 mi N on Rd 182 to 29979 Rd 182)
Mooney Grove Park (Valley; County park, about 3-1/2 mi S of downtown Visalia at 27000 S. Mooney Blvd/Hwy 63; free entry)
St. John’s River Trail (St. John’s River Parkway Project, north side of Visalia, along the river from Riverway Sports Park to Cutler Park)
Sequoia Field-Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics (nearby, about 9 mi N of Visalia via Hwy 63, near jct. of Ave 368 and Rd 112; NRHP)
Tulare County Museum (in Mooney Grove Park, 27000 S. Mooney Blvd)
Visalia Town Center Post Office (111 W. Acequia St; NRHP)
Wilsonia (Mountains, North Tulare County, surrounded by Kings Canyon National Park, just south of Grant Grove Village)
Wilsonia (Mountains; historic cabin community bounded by Pine Ln., Fern Ln., Hillcrest Rd., Sierra Ln., Kaweah Ln., Goddard Ln., and Park Rd.; just south of Grant Grove Village in Sequoia National Park; NRHP)
Grant Grove (in Kings Canyon National Park)
Kings Canyon National Park; (Mountains, NRHP)
Woodlake (Valley, NE of Visalia via Hwy 198 and Hwy 245e)
Bravo Lake Community Botanical Garden/Woodlake Botanical Garden (v) (Valley; jct Hwy 216/Naranjo Blvd and Magnolia)
Dry Creek Preserve (v) (nearby, Foothills; E of Woodlake, about 2 mi N of Hwy 216 on Rd J21)
Homer Ranch Preserve (nearby, Foothills; E of Woodlake, about 5 mi N of Hwy 216 on Rd J21)
Woodville (Valley, SE of Tulare, NW of Porterville, N of Hwy 190 on Rd 168 and J46)
Woodville Park (County park at 16482 Ave 168 in Woodville; free entry)
