Main Dam - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Southern Sierra Nevada, California

  Main Dam is a campground prized by visitors from Sequoia National Park. Go for a hike on the Don Cecil Trail, and whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then, we recommend Kaweah River - North Fork.
Lots of people stay at this campground to be near Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park.
Main Dam is a nice camp ground to use as a base while enjoying the Southern Sierra Nevada. Camping out unquestionably is a fun thing to do, and Main Dam is a good local campground if you happen to be in California. All year is a wonderful time
    in the Southern Sierra Nevada if you fancy the outdoors. Good hiking is available along the Atwell Hockett Trail, and there are some pleasant whitewater spots on Kaweah River.
Having a great time at Main Dam is easy. There's wonderful hiking along the Hockett Meadows Trail,
and you're sure to come across some wonderful people from Sequoia National Park here. The good people who operate this location and all the fun things are a fine pull for a lot of people. There is so much amusing stuff close to Main Dam, and what a good location for camping it is.
At this campground you will always have a glorious time. Going for a hike on the Sheep Creek Trail is always a great adventure, and since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always explore close by Twin Lakes. Clover Creek is a stream that you may encounter while
 
you're here, and Willow Meadow is a beautiful site any time of year. Main Dam is a good site of normal precipitation; January is when you get the most rain here while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation.
California is a good outdoors state. Life's too short to enjoy all the entertaining things in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Near Main Dam you locate the High Sierra Trail which is a great hiking trail, and if you come at the right time of year, Kaweah River - Middle Fork offers some perfect whitewater. This campground is so glorious. If time allows, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park is a national park worth visiting, and here at Main Dam you can observe Congress Group.
So many local attractions and all the outdoors recreation will make you delighted you came. High temperatures at Main Dam during the months of summer are in the 70's with overnight lows in the 50's. Daytime highs all through the wintertime are in the 40's with temperatures at Main Dam dipping down into the 20's throughout winter nights.

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Coordinates:
Latitude: 36.606883
Longitude: -118.751082

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 Hotels Near Main Dam - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park:
Western Holiday Lodge Three Rivers, Three Rivers , 12 miles away
Comfort Inn At Sequoia National Park, Three Rivers , 15 miles away
Lazy J Ranch Motel, Three Rivers , 16 miles away
Best Western Exeter Inn & Suites, Exeter , 32 miles away
Super 8 Motel Lindsay Olive Tree Inn, Lindsay , 33 miles away
Palm Tree Inn & Conference, Porterville , 36 miles away
Best Western Porterville Inn, Porterville , 36 miles away
 Trails Near Main Dam - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park:
High Sierra Trail, Tulare County County , 5 miles away,  76.8 hiking miles, 5185 feet elevation difference
Sheep Creek Trail, Fresno County County , 9 miles away,  6.2 hiking miles, 1123 feet elevation difference
Don Cecil Trail, Fresno County County , 11 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 3586 feet elevation difference
Atwell Hockett Trail, Tulare County County , 11 miles away,  17.2 hiking miles, 3021 feet elevation difference
Hockett Meadows Trail, Tulare County County , 12 miles away,  20.2 hiking miles, 1421 feet elevation difference
Sawtooth Pass Trail, Tulare County County , 15 miles away,  20.4 hiking miles, 4737 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Main Dam - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park:
Sierra Summit, California , 45 miles away, 1600 vertical feet
Shirley Meadow, California , 52 miles away, 600 vertical feet
Mammoth Mountain, California , 60 miles away, 3100 vertical feet
June Mountain, California , 69 miles away, 2590 vertical feet
Badger Pass, California , 86 miles away, 800 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Main Dam - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park:
Kaweah River - Middle Fork, Tulare County , 7 miles away, Class V - 4.8 miles long (Hospital Rock)
Kaweah River, Tulare County , 10 miles away, Class IV-V - 3 miles long (Above Gateway Bridge to Dinley Bridge)
Kaweah River - North Fork, Tulare County , 11 miles away, Class V+ - 8 miles long (Tarbell Pocket to Yucca Creek)
Kaweah River - North Fork, Tulare County , 12 miles away, Class IV-V - 6.4 miles long (Yucca Creek to Kaweah Bridge)
Kaweah River, Tulare County , 13 miles away, Class III-V - 3 miles long (Dinley Bridge to North Fork Bridge)
 National Parks Near Main Dam - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park:
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, Three Rivers - CA , 13 miles away
Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Lakes - CA , 53 miles away
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