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FIRE LOOKOUT & HISTORIC CABIN CAMPING
Talk about adventure...where better to camp with a view? Historical 1934 Oak Flat Lookout, by the scenic Kern River, is available for daily rental. Bring your binoculars because at 4,900 feet, the lookout provides clear day skies for birdwatching and night skies for star gazing. For that rustic feel no power is available, but some amenities are provided. Several other historic guard station cabins are also available as rentals offering a diverse range of amenities and opportunities. For more information call the District offices or go to: www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/recreation/rec_rentals.html
Click for pdf file download (399k)Giant Sequoia National Monument Offers Relaxing Activities Too
When it's time for relaxing activities, the Monument offers some of the best. There's nothing like photographing or painting the incredible beauty of the area. Bringing your easel, brushes and paint, or camera, that's easy. Trying to decide among the countless awesome locations...that's the hard part.
Wildlife observation is another providing hours of delightful education. If you've never tried bird watching here's a great opportunity. Purchase a bird checklist from the visitor's center. It lists the species sited in the area, season and frequency the birds are found. Binoculars are great, but not necessary to enjoy your passing avian friends. Keep your eye out for the 16.5-inch high, 29-inch wingspan pileated woodpecker. You may find him noisily drumming on tree trunks around your campsite. For their health, please do not feed any animals.
Nature viewing can also include the rich assortment of flora within the Monument. Plant guides can be purchased at the visitor's center. From the rolling foothills to the mixed conifer and high country you can observe the California black oak, mariposa mazanita, yucca, sequoia, incense cedar trees, ferns, mosses, and thousands of other colorful and flourishing plant life.
Last, but not least, on dark nights of the month, star gazing with a mug of steaming cocoa in hand will bring your evenings to a peaceful close. Bring a planisphere and binoculars or telescope to get a closer look at objects like the Orion Nebula, Jupiter, and Venus. Mars will be making an exceptionally close pass this year and the Leonids meteor shower in November provides an entertaining Fall show.
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Create or join a partnership and help support our magnificent national treasure. The Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument maintain numerous and diverse partnerships for the mutual benefit of the forest and its partners. Not all of these partnerships involve money. Some provide in-kind contributions, such as labor, equipment, supplies, or services, while others involve collaboration toward a mutual goal. We sincerely appreciate all of our partnerships and look forward to the opportunity to develop new ones. For information contact the forest supervisors office or view a copy of the business plan on the web site: www.fs.fed.us/r5/businessplans/sequoia/
Head for the Outdoors
Sequoia National Forest
Giant Sequoia National Monument
900 W. Grand, Porterville, CA 93257
559.784.1500 (TDD) 559.781.6650
| Northern District - Hume Lake 35860 E. Kings Canyon Dunlap, CA 93621 559.338.2251 |
Southern District - Tule River/Hot Springs 32588 Highway 190 Springville, CA 93265 559.539.2607 |
Kern River Ranger District
| Lake Isabella Office 4875 Ponderosa Drive P.O. Box 3810 Lake Isabella, CA 93240 760-379-5646 |
Cannell Meadow Office 105 Whitney Road P.O. Box 9 Kernville, CA 93238 760-376-3781 TDD Available |
Campground Reservations
National Recreation Reservation Service (NRRS)
877.444.677 · (TDD) 877.833.6777
www.reserveusa.com
