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| | Every California great outdoors hiking trail is different from the others. A visit to California is not complete without some backcountry backpacking. Sheep Creek Trail is to be found a quite long trip from Visalia-Porterville, but it is a glorious hideaway from the city. Being 6.2 miles long it's a mid length backcountry trek. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Going for a trek here in California is the great thing to do. This is a long hiking and backpacking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. |
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Backcountry backpacking here in the Southern Sierra Nevada is the best way to enjoy these summits. Sheep Creek Trail is a mid-length wilderness hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this a very tough trail for advanced trekkers looking for an outstanding
| | challenge. At Sheep Creek Trail during the warm months highs are in the 70's. Summer night lows fall down to the 50's. Throughout the winter highs are usually in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Sheep Creek Trail are in the 20's. This is one of a very small number of trails in this area. Sheep Creek Trail has only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to backcountry trek it normally. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 1,123 feet which is about average. Sheep Creek Trail is a great location of normal rain; January is the month | |
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that gets the most rain, and the driest month of the year is July. The backpacking trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole backpacking trail. Finally, backpacking time is here again, and Sheep
Creek Trail in Fresno County, California is nature at its best. This vicinity does get very dry sometimes, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. California has plenty of great great outdoors hiking trails;
Sheep Creek Trail in Fresno County is one of them. You should count on this backcountry hike taking about 5.5 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster.
Briefly about the general area:
Places like Summit Meadow are tremendous to check out,
and Sheep Creek Trail is fine enough to spend more than a day at, Sheep Creek Campground is a fine local campground. So many cool things in the Southern Sierra Nevada, just incredible.
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park is a pleasant spot in the neighborhood of Sheep Creek
Trail; a splendid place to camp here at Sheep Creek Trail is Sentinel Campground. Horse Corral Meadow is a splendid place, and Kings River - Middle Fork is a glorious whitewater spot close by. Man, is there a heap of exciting things to do in the neighborhood of Sheep Creek Trail.
In case you don’t have a problem getting drenched, you can always go whitewater paddling on Kaweah River - Middle Fork; some of the water nearby flows, like Lightning Creek.
Life's too short to enjoy all the exciting things in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Nearby Marvin Pass is a great place to go if you're at Sheep Creek Trail, and getting to Deer Cove Creek from Sheep Creek Trail is simple.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 36.7674, Longitude -118.7179
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 6.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3.5 hours
Total elevation difference: 1123 feet
Comfort Inn At Sequoia National Park, Three Rivers
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23 miles away
Hotel offers free high-speed Internet access, fitness room with sauna, seasonal outdoor pool/hot tub, picnic area, conference room and business center. Hot tub and fireplace in some rooms. National Pa...
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Best Western Exeter Inn & Suites, Exeter
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39 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Visalia-Porterville, California
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More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Sheep Creek Trail, Southern Sierra Nevada, Fresno County, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Sheep Creek Trail. |
| | Trails Near Sheep Creek Trail:
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Don Cecil Trail, Fresno
County
, 3 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 3586 feet elevation difference |
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High Sierra Trail, Tulare
County
, 11 miles away, 76.8 hiking miles, 5185 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Sheep Creek Trail:
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Kings River - Middle Fork, Fresno County
County
, 11 miles away, Class V+ - 29 miles long (Dusy Branch to South Fork confluence) |
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Kaweah River - Middle Fork, Tulare County
County
, 16 miles away, Class V - 4.8 miles long (Hospital Rock) |
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| | Hotels Near Sheep Creek Trail:
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Comfort Inn At Sequoia National Park, Three Rivers
, 23 miles away |
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Best Western Exeter Inn & Suites, Exeter
, 39 miles away |
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Bishop-Days Inn, Bishop
, 40 miles away |
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Super 8 Motel - Bishop, Bishop
, 40 miles away |
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La Quinta Inn Bishop, Bishop
, 40 miles away |
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