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California
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Inside Sequoia National Park
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Farewell Gap-Franklin Lakes Trailhead
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<p>This trailhead orientation panel shows a map and images of the area around Farewell Gap Trail and Franklin Lakes Trail.<br /> <br /> Farewell Gap Trail and Franklin Lakes Trail share the same route for the first 2.8 miles. From there, Farewell Gap Trail travels to the right for 2.7 miles one-way. To the left, Franklin Lakes Trail travels 2.6 miles one-way to a pair of lakes. Explore the rainbow-colored rocks that attracted miners to this area in the 1870s along Franklin Lakes Trail or see evidence of these miners as you view mineshafts (from a safe distance) along Farewell Gap Trail.<br /> <br /> The first campsite along the trail is 4 miles from the trailhead at the junction between Franklin Lakes and Farewell Gap Trails. Although each of these hikes can be done as a day trip, many backpackers make Franklin Lakes their first stop on their way over Franklin Pass to Rattlesnake Canyon, the Kern Canyon and Mt. Whitney.</p>
Tar Gap Trail Parking
~1 min drive
<p>If other trailhead parking areas are full, this lot offers overflow parking. Protect your vehicles from marmots here, especially in spring and early summer.</p>
Wet Meadow
~11 min drive
Moderate 8.4-mile meadow hike with 2,198 ft elevation gain.
Shotgun Pass
~12 min drive
Steep 4.2-mile climb to a scenic mountain pass with 2,474 ft gain.
Touhy Gap
~19 min drive
Steep 2.8-mile alpine climb to a scenic mountain gap.
Cold Springs Nature Trail - Western Trailhead
~2 min drive
<p>This trailhead is located within Cold Springs Campground, look for a wooden trailhead sign between sites 6 and 7.<br /> <br /> Cold Springs Nature Trail is 2.0 miles round-trip (3.2 kilometer) at an easy incline. It travels through meadows and aspen groves to the site of th…
Little Kern
~13 min drive
Moderate 7.2-mile Sierra trail through forest and meadows with 837 ft gain.
Quinn
~12 min drive
Easy 3.4-mile trail with minimal elevation gain near Quinn, California.
Golden Trout Creek
~22 min drive
Easy creek-side stroll through alpine meadows in California's high country.
Atwell-Hockett Trailhead
~7 min drive
<p>Atwell-Hockett Trail leads 10 miles one-way (20 miles round-trip) at a moderate slope through sequoia trees and up to Hockett Meadow. The first campsite along the trail is at 6 miles at Clover Creek. Other wilderness destinations include Evelyn Lake, Cahoon Rock, and the Go…
Farewell Gap
~17 min drive
Strenuous 19.6-mile alpine pass hike with 3,500 ft elevation gain.