Wolverton Stock Camp Open for Business
The Wolverton Stock Camp, located in Sequoia National Park in the Central Sierra Nevada Mountains in Central California, is now open to private stock users. This camp, the first of six stock facilities provided for in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Stewardship Plan (WSP) issued in 2015, provides private stock users with two improved campsites as well as two corrals. There is ample parking for stock rigs as well.
The facility will be open from approximately June to October each year. There is a reservation system established to make reservations for the facility. To access the system a user will need to go to the official website for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) and go to the Camping portion of the website and then to the part describing the Wolverton Stock Camp lower down in the page.
You can get there here: https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm
The user will then be directed to access a further part of the website in order to get more details about the facility and to apply for a reservation. There is a $22 fee per day to use the facility.
The Wolverton Stock Camp (WSC) is located near the giant sequoia trees for which the park is famous. The nearby General Sherman tree is among the largest living things on this Earth.
A former commercial pack station was located at this same location. There are multiple trails that can be accessed by riders. See attached map and picture.
The WSC is best accessed by coming from the north through Kings Canyon National Park from Highway 180. There is a scenic drive between the two parks to be enjoyed. Another way to access the WSC is up Highway 198 from Visalia but this route has numerous hairpin turns and steep grades and is difficult to navigate pulling a horse trailer.
The High Sierra Unit of the Backcountry Horsemen of California has been working with management of SEKI to get the WSC up and running and is collaborating with SEKI management to implement the remaining five facilities.
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The Wolverton Stock Camp, located in Sequoia National Park in the Central Sierra Nevada Mountains in Central California, is now open to private stock users. This camp, the first of six stock facilities provided for in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Stewardship Plan (WSP) issued in 2015, provides private stock users with two improved campsites as well as two corrals. There is ample parking for stock rigs as well.
The facility will be open from approximately June to October each year. There is a reservation system established to make reservations for the facility. To access the system a user will need to go to the official website for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) and go to the Camping portion of the website and then to the part describing the Wolverton Stock Camp lower down in the page.
You can get there here: https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm
The user will then be directed to access a further part of the website in order to get more details about the facility and to apply for a reservation. There is a $22 fee per day to use the facility.
The Wolverton Stock Camp (WSC) is located near the giant sequoia trees for which the park is famous. The nearby General Sherman tree is among the largest living things on this Earth.
A former commercial pack station was located at this same location. There are multiple trails that can be accessed by riders. See attached map and picture.
The WSC is best accessed by coming from the north through Kings Canyon National Park from Highway 180. There is a scenic drive between the two parks to be enjoyed. Another way to access the WSC is up Highway 198 from Visalia but this route has numerous hairpin turns and steep grades and is difficult to navigate pulling a horse trailer.
The High Sierra Unit of the Backcountry Horsemen of California has been working with management of SEKI to get the WSC up and running and is collaborating with SEKI management to implement the remaining five facilities.
Click for Map
Click for Picture