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You just can't envision the amount of outdoors exciting things the Southern Sierra Nevada has to offer. Blossom Lakes is a good lake in the neighborhood of Ansel Lake, and if you haven’t been to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, you have to schedule some time for it while you're here. This lake is so wonderful. Whohoo, so many exciting things in one place! The Southern Sierra Nevada is excellent! If you come at the right time of year, Kaweah River - Middle
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| | Fork offers some brilliant whitewater, and as expected, A visit to Farewell Gap is always fun. During the warm months at Ansel Lake highs are ordinarily in the 70's. For the period of the moonlight hours it's regularly in the 50's. Daytime highs during the winter are in the 40's, and nighttime lows at Ansel Lake through the wintertime typically dip into the 20's. And if that's not sufficient, there's a heap more to do near Ansel Lake. Hengst Peak can be | |
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distinguished from Ansel Lake, and why not camp at Cold Spring Campground if you're here at Ansel Lake. This lake is one of the great places here in the Southern Sierra Nevada. If you came for an overnight stay Atwell Mill Campground
is a brilliant location to camp, and going for a hike on the Atwell Hockett Trail is always a glorious adventure. This lake is so wonderful. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Kern River, and close by you discover the Hockett Meadows
Trail which is a fine hiking trail. An average amount of rain falls at Ansel Lake; the month with most of the rain is January; the driest of the months is July. Lakes? Sure, White Chief Lake is close at hand, and the Sawtooth Pass Trail is a delightful hiking trail close by.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 36.39306 Longitude: -118.5969
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Sawtooth Pass Trail, Tulare County, 4 miles away 20.4 hiking miles, 4737 feet elevation difference |
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Kern River, Tulare CountyCounty, 12 miles away Class II-V+ - 37 miles long (Junction Meadow to Forks of Kern) |
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Kaweah River, Tulare CountyCounty, 18 miles away Class IV-V - 3 miles long (Above Gateway Bridge to Dinley Bridge) |
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Moose Lake
 | 11 miles away This is a picture I took of Moose Lake on a lengthy loop hike in the Sequoias taking the Lakes trail past Heather, Astor, Emerald, and Pear Lakes; then cross country over the divide above Moose Lake where I took this photograph looking down on the lake. I then returned to the trailhead by going southwest over the divide down to the Alta Trail through Panther Gap back to the Lakes trailhead. A very long day hike. I took pictures along the entire route.... |
Camp Wishon Campground
 | 12 miles away The swimming hole is the main attraction! Ive been twice now and love it! getting a spot next to this piece of heaven is a little tough I hear. waterfalls and natural made waterslides and cliff jumping all in one spot make camp wishon the spot to be....my family has been going to camp wishon since the 1920's we stopped going about 10 years ago. we love the swimmin hole and used to like walking up to the soda spring thru doyles. (now they make you walk arround and wont let you go to the big pool by the soda spring)anyways we had 4 generations of fun here... |
Belknap Campground
 | 14 miles away ...a beautiful campground, a rare opportunity to camp at the base of ancient redwood trees that tower 100's of feet above the campground. The main activity is hiking the Summit Trail (10 miles, round trip) to Quaking Aspen. This takes you through one of the larger of the last remaining Giant Sequoia Groves that make this area famous. The Tule River, which runs through the camp ground, is stocked with rainbow trout during the summer months, making fishing a very popular visitor activity. A quaint general store, bar and restaurant is available about 1 mile away in charming Camp Nelson. During winter months, hwy 190 is closed about 9 miles beyond Camp Nelson at Ponderosa. Winter recreationists enjoy this area for the snow mobiling, x-country skiing, and snow shoeing opportunities. Belknap is open year-round, but winter brings storms and sub-freezing conditions. The road to the campground is not always plowed. Rooms are available at the Camp Nelson Lodge (www.campnelsonlodge.com) and at nearby Pierpoint Springs Resort (www.pierpointsprings.com). Cabin rentals available at http://w... |
Leavis Flat - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
 | 15 miles away Leavis Flat- I loved it! Small campground, right next to Deer Creek, only 9 sites. You can buy ice and extra necessities just up the road at the California Hot Springs (resort?) No cell phone service, ranger comes by once a day, it's very mellow. You are roughing it unless you bring an RV. No showers or flush toilets. So beautiful. We were there for Memorial Wknd. Some locals said it's usually pretty empty but the campground was full for our trip. I've heard they might shut it down. Maybe it's not bringing in enough cash for the upkeep. I bathed in the creek. My boyfriend wasn't so brave, too cold for him. If you're planning on doing the sights at the Sequoia National Park, it's a two hour drive to Morro Rock to give you an idea. The creek is so pretty and the water is drinkable, not deep enough to swim but perfect to cool off. The mosquitoes weren't too bad and with the right company, it's the perfect setting to get totally away! My boyfriend has all the pics on his phone, but I'll come back and post them.... |
Peppermint Campground
 | 18 miles away Spent 3 nights at the pepermint campsite, very primitive great hike along the river that goes through camp. Not far from Dome rock spectacular view of valley ( not central valley)... |
Lower Peppermint Campground
 | 19 miles away Awesome location. Beautiful campgrounds with plenty of space and fire pits. Many trails to hike with waterfalls and slides. We stayed at campground six, before the private ranch and we found a lot of campsites with good firepits. We fished, but didn't catch anything. One thing about the grounds is that there was a lot of trash. It's obvious that people don't pack out!! Please people keep this area clean!!... |
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
 | 20 miles away Kings Canyon has this great cave you can go into with all kinds of cool formations.... |
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