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Sierra National Forest is a U.S. national forest located on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada in California, bounded on the northwest by Yosemite National Park and on the south by Kings Canyon National Park. The forest is known for its mountain scenery and beautiful lakes.
batholith and igneous. The Sierra Nevada (/ siˌɛrənɪˈvædə, - ˈvɑːd -/ see-ERR-ə nih-VA (H)D-ə) [ 6 ][ a ] is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada.
The protected areas of the Sierra Nevada, a major mountain range located in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, are numerous and highly diverse. Like the mountain range itself, these areas span hundreds of miles along the length of the range, and over 14,000 feet of elevation from the lowest foothills to the summit of Mount Whitney.
Sierra Vista National Forest Scenic Byway National Forest Scenic Byway Map of the Sierra National Forest with the Sierra Vista NFSB highlighted in blue Route information Maintained by U.S. Forest Service Length 82.7 mi (133.1 km) Existed July 14, 1989 –present Location Country United States Highway system Scenic Byways National National Forest BLM NPS The Sierra Vista Scenic Byway is an 82.7 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... The Sierra National Forest — located in the central Sierra Nevada, ...
U.S. Forest Service. The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness spans 231,533 acres (93,698 ha); 33.9% of the territory lies in the Inyo National Forest, 65.8% is in the Sierra National Forest, and the remaining 0.3% covers nearly all of Devils Postpile National Monument. [1 ...
The Schulman grove of Bristlecone pines. Inyo National Forest is a United States National Forest covering parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. The forest hosts several superlatives, including Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States; Boundary Peak, the highest ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:21, 3 March 2019: 1,200 × 1,008 (2.15 MB): Shannon1 {{Information |description ={{en|1=Map of the Sierra National Forest in central California, created using USGS and OpenStreetMap data.