Area Attractions
Planning for the 97th Annual Clovis Rodeo has already begun and we look forward to another great year as we continue down the road to our 100th rodeo in 2014.
Our all-volunteer, non-profit Clovis Rodeo Association (CRA) is led by 18 tireless and committed directors and has more than 580 members. About $125,000 in proceeds from the Clovis Rodeo and related events coordinated by CRA benefit more than twenty-one local charities annually, including 4-H, FFA, Clovis Schools, Komen for the Cure, Clovis Police Activities League, Clovis Community Hospital, CSU Fresno Rodeo Team, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Break the Barriers, Boy Scouts of America, and the Central California Blood Center.
Squaw Valley Rodeo (MRA)
Yosemite National Park:
Not just a great Valley...but a shrine to human foresight, strength of granite, power of glaciers, the persistence of life, and the tranquility of the High Sierra.
Yosemite National Park, one of the first wilderness parks in the United States, is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more.
Yosemite National Park:
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks:
This landscape testifies to nature's size, beauty, and diversity – huge mountains, rugged foothills, deep canyons, vast caverns, and the world’s largest trees!
These two parks lie side by side in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of the San Joaquin Valley. Visitor activities vary by season and elevation (1,300' to 14,494').
Sequoia National Park:
Sequoia National Park:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/
The Giant Sequoia National Monument was designated by President William Jefferson Clinton in April 2000. The Monument now encompasses 353,000 acres. The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron Giganteum) is the world's largest tree. It occurs naturally only in a narrow 60-mile band of mixed conifer forest generally between 5,000-8,000 ft. elevation on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada. There are 65-75 groves of sequoias in the Sierra, depending upon how the groves are defined.
There are 33 sequoia groves in the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Featured are 6 giant sequoia groves to explore which will provide you a rich, exciting and varied experience for your visit. Three groves are featured in the northern portion of the Monument on the Hume Lake Ranger District, nearby Dunlap, California, and three groves are featured on the southern portion of the Monument on the Western Divide Ranger District just east of Springville, California.Amazing, giant sequoia is one of the largest organisms on earth and grows from a seed less than half an inch long!
When fully grown, the sequoia pushes its craggy tree top more than 250 feet into the sky. A few rare specimens have grown taller than 300 feet. But it is the sequoia’s huge girth that sets it apart from all other trees. Sequoias are commonly more than 20 feet in diameter and at least one has grown to 35 feet across. Six people would have to lay head-to-toe to match this distance.
National Park Reservations:Kings Canyon National Park:
http://www.sequoia-kingscanyon.com/
Sequoia National Park, America's second national park, was created on September 25, 1890, by president Benjamin Harrison. One week later, General Grant National Park was created by Congress to protect the grove of giant sequoias, including the General Grant Tree, the second largest tree in the world. Kings Canyon National Park was created by Congress on March 4, 1940, and included the tiny General Grant National Park and much additional land north of Sequoia National Park. In 1965, Cedar Grove and Tehipite Valley were added to Kings Canyon National Park, bringing the park to its current dimensions.
Thanks to the work of John Muir and other early conservationists, the natural beauty of Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks has been preserved from the depths of the Kings Canyon to the summit of Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park.
Chaffee Zoo:
