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Red Rock Canyon State Park: The opening archaeological scenes of “Jurassic Park” and countless Westerns were filmed in the more than 27,000 acres of Red Rock Canyon, something of a miniature Grand Canyon featuring some of the...

Posted by admin - Tue Sep 23, 2008 17:06:07 PDT -- 0 comments

Millerton Lake State Recreation Area

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Millerton Lake State Recreation Area: Many Kern County residents enjoy watersports and camping at Millerton Lake on the San Joaquin River near Fresno. With more than 40 miles of shoreline, the park offers fishing, boating, access to the...

Posted by admin - Tue Sep 23, 2008 17:04:51 PDT -- 0 comments

Los Padres National Forest

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Los Padres National Forest: This national forest stretches 220 miles from the Carmel Valley to the mountains near Frazier Park. In the Mount Pinos Ranger District, southwest of Bakersfield from Frazier Park to Highway 33, there are...

Posted by admin - Tue Sep 23, 2008 16:56:36 PDT -- 0 comments

Fort Tejon State Park

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Fort Tejon State Historic Park: Fort Tejon, established by Gen. Edward F. Beale on Aug. 10, 1854, was abandoned about a decade later. The regimental headquarters of the First U.S. Dragoons later became part of Beale’s Tejon Ranch...

Posted by admin - Tue Sep 23, 2008 16:55:45 PDT -- 0 comments

Col. Allensworth State Park

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Col. Allensworth State Historic Park: In 1908, a group of black Americans led by U.S. Army Col. Allen Allensworth, a former slave, established a small farming community on the Santa Fe Railroad line next to what is now Highway 43, seven...

Posted by admin - Tue Sep 23, 2008 16:55:07 PDT -- 0 comments

Sequoia National Forest

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Sequoia National Forest: The national forest stretches from the Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park in the north to Breckenridge in the south and encompasses Isabella Lake and much of the Kern River. There is camping, hiking, backpacking,...

Posted by admin - Tue Sep 23, 2008 16:25:59 PDT -- 0 comments

Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park

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Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: Tomo-Kahni, or Winter Village, is a historic Kawaiisu American Indian village site. Nestled atop a ridge in the Tehachapi Mountains, and overlooking the beautiful Tehachapi Valley, the site offered...

Posted by admin - Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:36:29 PDT -- 0 comments

Tule Elk State Reserve

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Tule Elk State Reserve: California was once home to vast herds of tule elk. Their population neared extinction by the 1880s due to hunting and loss of habitat. Cattleman Henry Miller began an effort to save them in 1874. In 1932, 950...

Posted by admin - Mon Jul 23, 2007 16:12:52 PDT -- 0 comments

Hungry Valley State OHV Area

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Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area: Challenging courses for off-road enthusiasts using motorcycle, four-wheel-drive and other all-terrain vehicles. More than 130 miles of scenic trails wind through 19,000 acres of hilly...

Posted by admin - Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:28:55 PST -- 0 comments

Sequoia National Forest

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Posted by admin - Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:50:52 PST -- 0 comments

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