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This lake is one of the great places here in the Southern Sierra Nevada. The sight of picturesque Mount Florence near Franklin Lakes is brilliant, and you can run the rapids of Kaweah River - Middle Fork. For the duration of the warm days of summer, highs typically are in the 70's at Franklin Lakes while night lows are commonly in the 50's. Throughout the winter this place gets highs in the 40's, and night lows in the 20's for Franklin Lakes. So many
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| | cool things close to Franklin Lakes, simply extraordinary. Hiking along the Sawtooth Pass Trail is delightful fun. There's so much to do here at Franklin Lakes that you need to camp here for a while, Atwell Mill Campground is a delightful spot for that. This lake is so wonderful. A visit to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park is worthwhile. And if that's not enough there's lots more entertaining things to do in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Nearby lakes? Sure, Crystal | |
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Lake is near Franklin Lakes, and get your pulse rate up on the pleasant whitewater of Kern River. Now, you may imagine that's a load but there's even more entertaining stuff to do here in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Looking for
something near Franklin Lakes? Bullfrog Lakes is around here, and do set aside some time for Bullion Flat since you're here at Franklin Lakes. Going for a hike along the Hockett Meadows Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty
of this vicinity; you can stay the night at Cold Spring Campground. Franklin Lakes is a good location of typical rainfall; January is the month that gets the most rain; July is the month with the least moisture. This lake is so
wonderful. If the weather is tremendous here at Franklin Lakes, you can go for a hike along the Atwell Hockett Trail, and if you want a little side visit, try Farewell Canyon.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 36.41806 Longitude: -118.5569
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Sawtooth Pass Trail, Tulare County, 3 miles away 20.4 hiking miles, 4737 feet elevation difference |
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Kern River, Tulare CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class II-V+ - 37 miles long (Junction Meadow to Forks of Kern) |
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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
 | 14 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
 | 15 miles away ...s drive away. But Belknap is 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... |
Leavis Flat - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
 | 17 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)... |
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
 | 23 miles away Kings Canyon has this great cave you can go into with all kinds of cool formations.... |
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