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Dick's Kings River and San Joaquin River Area Pictures |
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New photos here August 26, 2025 (captions in red) |
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Kings River Area |
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Tehipite Dome |
Sphinx Crest above Kings Canyon |
Tehipite Dome from northwest |
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Tehipite Valley (Kings River, middle fork) |
Hume Lake, Sequoia National Forest |
Granite Lake, on the divide between north and middle forks of the Kings River |
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Looking north from Granite Pass |
Snow all over, near Kings Canyon Park |
Water Lily Pond, Old Wishon Road |
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Falls in Hell Hole, North Fork, Kings River |
Pond in Hell Hole, Kings North Fork |
Falls on North Fork of the Kings River, near Balch Camp |
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Dam at Black Rock Reservoir on the Kings River North Fork |
The reservoir |
Where water pours over the dam |
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Small waterfall near Black Rock |
Wren Peak in Kings Canyon National Park, from above Pine Flat Lake |
Spring waterfall above Black Rock Reservoir, Fresno County |
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North Fork Kings River below Lake Wishon |
Patterson Falls, above the North Fork of the Kings River |
Junction of the Middle and South forks of the Kings River |
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The Monarch Divide and Wren Peak, between the middle and south forks of the Kings River |
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The Kings River with a little beach seen from Trimmer Springs Road |
Pine Flat Lake, still with plenty of water in late summer 2017 (by W. Thiessen) |
Amazingly still waters of Pine Flat Lake reflect the hills above in January 2018 | |
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| Pine Flat from Trimmer Springs Road over Secata Ridge | Kings River at Bear Wallow Trail Head | The canyon across the river is where Garlic Meadow Creek runs in | |
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| Rock formation along the Bear Wallow Trail | Hanging boulder in Big Creek north of Pine Flat Lake | Along the road south of Mill Flat Campground (Wes Thiessen) | |
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| Fishing n Black Rock Reservoir, on the North Fork of the Kings River | Striking rock formation on the Kings River National Recreation Trail | The road near Camp Four and a Half Cabin by the Kings River | |
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| Hiking the Dusy-Ershim Trail across the Big Granite Slope near Courtright Reservoir | Enjoying the view from our camp near Courtright | Courtright sunset | |
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| The LeConte Divide, separating the Kings River and San Joaquin River drainages | |||
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| Wavyleaf Indian paint brush in granite | Rounded rocks above the Kings River North Fork inspire the name "Wishon Domes" | Upper edge of Granite Gorge below Wishon Reservoir | |
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| We call this flat area with a big granite cliff "The Amphitheater" - above the Kings River North Fork below Wishon freservoir | |||
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| Looking up the drainage of the North Fork of the Kings River | |||
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| Left to right Constant Dome, Maxson Dome (on the skyline) lower Double Dome with Hopeless Dome below and upper Double to the right | |||
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| The canyon of Helms Creek, looking downstream from the Courtright Dam | Drainage between Double Dome and Hopeless Dome, looking southeast | Maxson Dome near Courtright Reservoir | |
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| Hopeless Dome from the slope below Double Dome | High Sierra peak to the north from Bald Mountain Road | Rock cliff along the road from Black Rock to Wishon above the Kings River North Fork | |
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| Peak west of Courtright Reservoir | Lake Wishon from the Courtright Road | Dome under the storm | |
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| The Monarch Divide and Wren Peak from the Bear Wallow Trail | |||
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Hume Lake and mountains above Kings Canyon |
Willow by Hume Lake | Yes, that's a road - 4-wheel drive only | |
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| Courtright Reservoir, full to the brim | |||
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Morning sun on a rock
outcrop above the Upper Kings River |
Sycamores at Green Cabin
Flat Campground on the Kings River |
Branch of a valley oak frames this field of fiddlenecks |
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Poppies and a few
lupines above the Kings River |
Poppies in the rocks and above a drainage by the Kings River |
Pine Flat Lake and poppies | |
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View of Maxson Dome along the Dusy-Ershim 4-Wheel Drive Trail |
View of Pine Flat Lake down the valley of Little Sycamore Creek |
Fringed redmaids by an old fence post | |
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The valley of Hughes Creek from Trimmer Sprngs Road |
Blue oaks and green grass in the
Sycamore Wildlife Area near Pine Flat Lake |
Drying grass seed heads near Sycamore Creek |
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Swallows at Sycamore Creek bridge chirped and darted toward me |
Looking down the drainage of Little Salamander Creek to Pine Flat |
Poppies, Pine Flat and the Edison Point Loop Trail (Thiessen) |
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| Courtright Reservoir, July 2025 | Helms Creek Canyon below the dam | Glacial erratic southeast of the reservoir | |
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San Joaquin River & Fresno River Area |
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| Mt. Ritter & Minarets above San Joaquin River (north fork) | Middle Fork, San Joaquin River, Devil's Postpile National Monument | Rainbow Falls, middle fork of the San Joaquin River | |
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| Devil's Postpile | On top of the Postpile | A "baby" postpile not far from the big one | |
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| Fuller Buttes from Mile High Lookout | The Eagles Beaks | South Fork drainage | |
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| Spider webs add texture to the forest | This web is covered with yellow evergreen pollen | A dead snag stands guard over a Sierra meadow | |
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| Burned out tree in meadow | Small falls near Chilkoot Campground, Sierra National Forest | Bottom of falls | |
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| Kennedy Table on left; Squaw Leap on right from Auberry Road | Finegold Bay on Millerton Lake |
Rounding horseshoe bend at Millerton Lake |
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| Nuts found along the San Joaquin River trail | Table top peak, Fresno County |
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| Falls on Willow Creek, Madera County CA |
Rock Creek near the High Sierra Scenic Byway |
Pool on Rock Creek | |
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| Mammoth Pool on the San Joaquin River | Mammoth Pool; Fuller Buttes and Jackass Rock in background; High Sierra in distance | Goat Mountain, near Bass Lake | |
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(Rock Creek and Mammoth Pool photos by Susan Crandall) |
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| Jet trails above Goat Mountain | Dead trees at Kaiser Pass | A peaceful stroll on the Shadow of the Giants Trail in Nelder Grove | |
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| Panoramic view seen from near Oakhurst; Big Shuteye Peak in center | |||
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| Buried log in Sierra meadow | At the edge of Nichols Meadow | Fall leaves on California Creek | |
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| Ancient cedar log |
San Joaquin River in San Joaquin Gorge BLM area |
Snow field at Road 620 and Old Yosemite Road above Oakhurst |
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| Mountains south and east of Oakhurst | |||
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| Snow covers the trees northeast of Oakhurst | |||
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| View to the east from Road 620 in December 2015 | Shuteye Peak and the Eagle Beaks | Lewis Creek near the Lewis Creek Trail | |
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| Corlieu Falls on Lewis Creek | Bass Lake, spring 2016 | Visitors on the Swinging Bridge over the South Fork of the Merced near Wawona | |
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| Wasp nest in Nelder Grove | "Tuck and roll" moss in Nelder Grove |
Dogwood stands out in the dark forest in Nelder Grove |
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Redinger Lake on the San Joaquin River |
The Eagles Beaks from Mile High Overlook |
Fuller Buttes on the left; Balloon Dome on the right |
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| Fresno Dome with approaching storm | Unique rock formation near Grays Mountain Campground | Views of the Sierra were spectacular in February of 2017 | |
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Pine needles and bear clover |
Lake
Millerton, blue and |
Peaceful
water and fall |
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| The San Joaquin at Lost Lake | A gentle rapids by the Lost Lake Trail | Ritter Range; Fuller Buttes in foreground | |
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Globe
Rock, by the Sierra
Vista Scenic Byway (Neely Photo) |
Ritter Range from near Meadow Lakes | Mt. Ritter and Fuller Buttes | |
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