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2021 French Fire 26,535 Acres burned Kern County, California Alta Sierra, CA Wofford Heights, CA CA SR 155 (Highway 155) Cabin in Cedar Forest Sequoia National Forest  Greenhorn Mountain Park Alta Sierra Ski Resort @ Shirley Meadows Forest Roads affected by this fire: Forest Road 710 Forest Rte #24S15 Forest Rte #25S02 Forest Rte #25S15 Forest Rte #26S03 Forest Rte #26S16 Forest Rte #26S19     Campgrounds affected by this fire:   Cedar Creek Campground Evans Flat Campground Greenhorn Mountain Park Campground   Areas Affected by Wildfire: Alder Creek Barn Canyon Basket Ridge Bear Creek Black Mountain Cedar Creek Cooks Peak Evans Road (SR 155) French Gulch Greenhorn Mountains Greenhorn Summit Ice House Creek Likely Saddle Lumreau Creek Old State Road Poso Creek East Red Mountain Sawmill Road Shirley Creek Slick Rock Creek Stable Creek Tillie Creek Wagy Flat White Mill Road Willow Flat Windy Gap Woodward Creek Clouds @ Greenhorn Summit   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fire_(2021) F

Camping is great here nearly year round, but campfires restrictions are often tight in dry summer months and into late fall. The Kern River draws visitors from Southern California, as well as Central Cal. It is the southern most big river of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Located near a few big Sequoia trees, the Kern River winds thru Golden Trout Wilderness & Sequoia National Forest, dumping into Lake Isabella before heading west to the flatlands of Bako. The smaller & lesser known south fork of the Kern River is located way up top at Monache; Granite peaks, joshua trees, sage meadows & wilderness near Olancha Peak, on the very border of the North Mojave desert. Plenty cool stuff to see and do around the Lower Kern Canyon: Alta Sierra Domelands Wilderness Fairview CA Golden Trout Wilderness Kennedy Meadows Kernville CA Lake Isabella Pondersosa Remington Hot Springs Road's End Sequoia National Forest Wofford Heights CA Upper Kern is often thought

Update for Sequoia Forest, 2012 Southern Sierra areas include - Sequoia National Forest, Kern River Canyon, Kernville, Tehachapi, Kennedy Meadows, Golden Trout, Domeland, Western Divide, Giant Sequoia National Monument. Further north, there is a small chunk of National Forest land smack dab in between Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, some of the best, free Sequoia car camping anywhere . new: USDA National Forest waterproof map, updated and printed in late 2011 . The Wilderness areas of the Southern Sierra Nevada, known as SEQUOIA, has renamed their ranger districts too. Kern river & Sequoia ranger offices What was once Greenhorn Ranger District is now called Kern River Ranger District - one office in Kernville and one office on Lake Isabella .  Sequoia Hot Springs Ranger District in California Hot Springs is gone and a new Western Divide Ranger District is located in Springville, CA . Giant Sequoia is part of the Western Divide Highway, up near Ponder