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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.
English: Map of the Sierra National Forest in central California, created using USGS and OpenStreetMap data. Currently a bit of a work in progress. Date: 3 March 2019:
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... The Sierra National Forest — located in the central Sierra Nevada, California
Shaver Lake is an artificial lake on Stevenson Creek, in the Sierra National Forest of Fresno County, California.At elevation 5,500 ft (1,700 m), several smaller streams also flow into the lake, and it receives water from the tunnels of Southern California Edison's Big Creek Hydroelectric Project. [2]
The wilderness is 22,700 acres (92 km 2) in size, is one of five wilderness areas within the Sierra National Forest and is managed by the US Forest Service. The Kaiser Wilderness stretches along an east–west ridge and is separated from the High Sierra by the South Fork San Joaquin River canyon.
The mid-montane forest grows on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada at moderate elevations. North of Lake Tahoe , the mid-montane forest occurs from 3,000 to 6,000 feet (900 to 1,800 m). Between Tahoe and Yosemite, the forest ranges from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,200 to 1,800 m), while south of Yosemite, it occurs between 5,000 to 7,000 feet ...
The Sierra Vista Scenic Byway is an 82.7-mile (133.1 km) route through the Sierra National Forest in the U.S. state of California.Many examples of the Sierra’s most distinctive granite domes, meadows and glacial valleys can be seen along the way.
The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for 90 miles (140 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. [2] Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it encompasses 652,793 acres (2,641.76 km 2). [1]