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If you go for the outdoors you'll go for it here in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Big Brewer Lake is a magnificent lake right next door to Sphinx Lakes, and dropping by Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park is just something you need to do if you haven't yet. You'll really wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable stuff in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Take a hike on the Pacific Crest Trail - section 11. There's so much to do here at Sphinx Lakes that
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| | you need to camp here for a while, Moraine Campground is a good place for that.
Get covered with water paddling on Kings River - Middle Fork, and Sphinx Lakes is nice enough to spend more than a day at, Canyon View Campground is a nice local campground. So much amusing stuff to do at Sphinx Lakes, so little time. A great panorama of delightful Cross Mountain is available from Sphinx Lakes, and if you're here you can take a hike along the Sheep Creek Trail. | |
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Sphinx Lakes gets a normal amount of annual rainfall; January is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month is July.
Sphinx Lakes is located in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Summer at Sphinx Lakes arrives with high temperatures
in the 70's, and the night is a bit colder of course, ordinarily in the 50's. Throughout the winter this place gets highs in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Sphinx Lakes are in the 20's. This lake is so wonderful. Lakes are
such peaceful spots, why not explore South Guard Lake right next door to Sphinx Lakes, and you can have a pleasant hiking adventure along the Don Cecil Trail.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 36.73111
Longitude: -118.515
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| These outdoors activities are available near Sphinx Lakes. |
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| | Hiking Trails Near Sphinx Lakes:
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Don Cecil Trail, Fresno County, 12 miles away
4.8 hiking miles, 3586 feet elevation difference |
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Sheep Creek Trail, Fresno County, 14 miles away
6.2 hiking miles, 1123 feet elevation difference |
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Kings River - Middle Fork, Fresno CountyCounty, 20 miles away
Class V+ - 29 miles long (Dusy Branch to South Fork confluence) |
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| MORE STUFF NEARBY:
Pacific Crest Trail - section 11
| Roundtrip Distance 6 miles
Elevation Gain 2,946 ft. ... |
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.... |
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.... |
John Muir Trail - Pacific Crest Section
| 19 miles away
Roundtrip Distance 14.8 miles
Elevation Gain 3,149 ft. ... |
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
 | 30 miles away
Kings Canyon has this great cave you can go into with all kinds of cool formations.... |
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