California hiking trails - Hockett Meadows Trail, Southern Sierra Nevada, Tulare County

   
  California has plenty of glorious hiking trails; one of them being Hockett Meadows Trail in Tulare County. Each hiking trail in California is worth backcountry trekking. Backcountry backpacking here in California is always a fun thing to do. Of course, this is an overnight walk, 3 days normally, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. This area does get very dry sometimes, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Hockett Meadows Trail is a very long hiking and backpacking
    trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough great outdoors hiking trail for advanced backcountry walkers looking for an outstanding challenge. This is a long hiking trail, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. Hockett Meadows Trail gets a typical
amount of yearly rain; the month of January is the wettest with most of the rain, and July is when it's the driest. For the period of the warmest time of the year highs here at Hockett Meadows Trail reach the 70's. When the night sets in temperatures plunge down into the 50's. All through the wintertime this place gets highs in the 40's, and nighttime lows in the 20's for Hockett Meadows Trail. Hockett Meadows Trail is a long trip away from Visalia-Porterville, but when you spend some time backcountry backpacking here you will feel like a whole new person.  
Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Hockett Meadows Trail in Tulare County, California is just the spot. The backcountry trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole backcountry trail. This backpacking and hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 1,421 feet which is about average. Hockett Meadows Trail is a one trailhead backpacking and hiking trail, so in and out is the way to hike it normally. Great outdoors hiking trails like this one here in the Southern Sierra Nevada are the best way to enjoy these mountaintops. This is one of a very small number of great outdoors hiking trails in this region. Hockett Meadows Trail is 20.2 miles long; it's a long backcountry trail. While visiting this region in California it's a brilliant idea to go backcountry backpacking too. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping.

Briefly about the general area:
This place, Hockett Meadows Trail, it just has so much outdoors fun stuff. There's so much to do here at Hockett Meadows Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Atwell Mill Campground is a magnificent site for that, and Deer Creek is in the neighborhood of Hockett Meadows Trail and is always a pleasure to have a look at. Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park is a very wonderful spot to explore near Hockett Meadows Trail, and there are some wonderful whitewater spots on Kaweah River - Middle Fork.
And if that's not enough there's heaps more entertaining things to do in the Southern Sierra Nevada. There's some flowing water nearby, Deadwood Creek is a stream you can have a look at while you're here It's always great to take a look at Tufa Falls. Don't leave Hockett Meadows Trail without first paying a visit to Cold Spring; if you came to camp Cold Spring Campground is a perfect spot to do that. Now, you may think that's lots but there's even more fun things to do here in the Southern Sierra Nevada. East Fork Grove is a forest next to Hockett Meadows Trail that you can go to, and whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then, we recommend Kaweah River.
Don’t forget to explore Hockett Meadows while you're here at Hockett Meadows Trail, and you might also want to pay a visit to Tar Gap if you're here at Hockett Meadows Trail. Do set aside some time for Cahoon Meadow if you're here at Hockett Meadows Trail, and taking a little trip to nearby Bobcat Point is a good idea.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 36.4489, Longitude -118.595
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Total in and out hiking length = 20.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 9.4 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 3 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 2 days

Total elevation difference: 1421 feet


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 Trails Near Hockett Meadows Trail:
Atwell Hockett Trail, Tulare County , 1 miles away,  17.2 hiking miles, 3021 feet elevation difference
Sawtooth Pass Trail, Tulare County , 7 miles away,  20.4 hiking miles, 4737 feet elevation difference
High Sierra Trail, Tulare County , 8 miles away,  76.8 hiking miles, 5185 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Hockett Meadows Trail:
Atwell Mill Campground, Tulare County, 2 miles away
Cold Spring Campground, Tulare County, 4 miles away
Hidden Falls Campground, Tulare County, 10 miles away
Shake Camp Campground, Tulare County, 10 miles away
Moses Gulch Campground, Tulare County, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Hockett Meadows Trail:
Kaweah River - Middle Fork, Tulare County County , 11 miles away, Class V - 4.8 miles long (Hospital Rock)
Kaweah River, Tulare County County , 14 miles away, Class IV-V - 3 miles long (Above Gateway Bridge to Dinley Bridge)
Kaweah River, Tulare County County , 16 miles away, Class III-V - 3 miles long (Dinley Bridge to North Fork Bridge)
Kern River, Tulare County County , 17 miles away, Class II-V+ - 37 miles long (Junction Meadow to Forks of Kern)
Kaweah River - North Fork, Tulare County County , 18 miles away, Class IV-V - 6.4 miles long (Yucca Creek to Kaweah Bridge)
 National Parks Near Hockett Meadows Trail:
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, Three Rivers - CA , 16 miles away
Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Lakes - CA , 63 miles away
 Hotels Near Hockett Meadows Trail:
Western Holiday Lodge Three Rivers, Three Rivers , 14 miles away
Comfort Inn At Sequoia National Park, Three Rivers , 18 miles away
Lazy J Ranch Motel, Three Rivers , 18 miles away
Best Western Porterville Inn, Porterville , 33 miles away
Palm Tree Inn & Conference, Porterville , 33 miles away
 Lakes Near Hockett Meadows Trail
Mineral Lakes, Tulare County , 3 miles away
Evelyn Lake, Tulare County , 3 miles away

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