About 2800

Visalia (35 min.) Fresno (1Hr. 20 min.) Bakersfield (1Hr. 20 min.)

800-2000ft above sea level

Hot summers. Low Humidity. Up-Canyon daytime breezes – gentle down-canyon evening breezes. Cold winters – bright sun.

At entrance to Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks. Giant Sequoia trees – also cross-country skiing, backpacking, hiking, camping and fishing. Appreciably less traffic and visitors than Yosemite to the north. Lake Kaweah offers summer boating, fishing, camping and water-skiing. Three Rivers Golf Course offers a scenic and challenging 9-hole Golf Course on the Kaweah River. Numerous annual events include the Lion’s Roping, a Jazz Festival, the Redbud Arts & Crafts Fair, Indian Pow-Wow.

A highly rated K-8 school is located in the center of the village. High schoolers go to Woodlake and Exeter High Schools – school buses serve Woodlake school. College of the Sequoias is a California Junior College in Visalia. California State University at Fresno. One privately operated Pre-School in the village.