Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
Attractions near Porterville
Worth the trip from Porterville: Sequoia National Park, 22 mi off
This is a list led by parks & monuments, 4 of its 7. None of them is inside Porterville itself. Yearly visitors to Sequoia National Park number about 1.4M. The trip to Mount Whitney is 55 mi.
Attractions nearby
15
within 60 miles
The big one
55 mi
Mount Whitney
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
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Mountain · 55 mi northeast
Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where they are
At the edge of the map sits Kings Canyon National Park, 39 mi out.
Orange: Porterville. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Place by place
Look within 60 miles for all 15 places listed.
2Sequoia National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California, U.S..
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4Kings Canyon National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA.
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6Moro Rock
Place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places.
7Mount Whitney Trail
Hiking trail to the summit of Mount Whitney in California, United States.
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11Visalia Fox Theatre
Theater and former movie theater in Visalia, California, United States.
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14Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Porterville →
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Photo credits
Mount Whitney: Geographer (talk · contribs), CC BY 1.0 · Sequoia National Park: Alberto Carrasco Casado, CC BY 2.0 · Tulare Lake: Trace Fleeman Garcia, CC0 · Kings Canyon National Park: NileGuide.com (Josh Steinitz), CC BY 2.0 · Sequoia National Forest: US Forest Service, Public domain · Moro Rock: DiverDave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Whitney Trail: Sanjoy Ghosh, CC BY 2.0 · Giant Sequoia National Monument: Jason Hickey, CC BY 2.0 · Dignity Health Arena: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Kern County Museum: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Visalia Fox Theatre: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Giant Forest Museum: David Fulmer, CC BY 2.0 · Bakersfield Museum of Art: Skyman9999. Skyman9999, CC0
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Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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