Heritage Places to Visit

History can come alive in the National Forest when you can visit a place where it happened.  The Sierra National Forest has many places of such interest.  Follow the links below for more information about some of the Heritage sites to visit on the Sierra National Forest: 

Cliff Camp BridgeCliff Camp Bridge

The historic Cliff Camp Bridge is a suspension bridge over the North Fork of the Kings River, downstream of Wishon Reservoir. The bridge was originally built by Kings River District Ranger Roy Boothe, along with clerk G. F. Leslie, and a party of mining men, in May of 1916. Read more...

Huntington LakeHuntington Lake

Huntington Lake is located in the Sierra National Forest in California and one of the premier recreational locations in the Central Sierra Nevada. Around the lake are resorts, camps, campgrounds, picnic areas, fishing areas, marinas and other opportunities for the visitor to enjoy recreation in a high Sierran setting. The history of Huntington Lake goes back to the first inhabitants, the Native Americans. Read more...

Dinkey Creek Ranger StationDinkey Creek Ranger Station

This building is a surviving example of the architecture that characterized the Forest Service in the 1930s. It was constructed with Civilian Conservation Corps labor in 1934 as the summer administrative headquarters of the Kings River Ranger District. Read more...

 

Shortys CabinShorty’s Cabin at Courtright Reservoir 

Shorty Lovelace was a trapper who spent his winters traversing the high Sierra trapping beaver, marten, fisher and other animals for furs between 1910 and 1940 in what is now Kings Canyon National Park. Read more...

Mount Tom Fire Lookout 

The Mount Tom Fire Lookout was built by the CCCs in 1940. This point was not used much as a lookout or vantage point until the 18,000 acre Daulton Fire of 1939. The need for detection in the backcountry became evident. Read more...



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