Millerton Lake State Recreation Area
State recreation area focused around a lake created when the Friant Dam
was built across the San Joaquin River in 1944. The lake has
40 miles of shoreline for recreational use.
Facilities incllude boat ramps, boat rentals, hiking trails,
horseback riding trails.
Attractions in the park include the original Millerton
County Courthouse, built in 1867.
Overnight facilities include tent camp sites,
RV sites with hook-ups, an RV dump station,
and boat camping facilities.
Popular activities include boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, wildlife viewing
windsurfing. During the winter bald eagle viewing boat tours are offered.
Millerton Lake is located about 20 miles northeast of Fresno and
can be reached by driving on Highway 41 and Highway 145.
County Parks of Fresno County
Includes Choinumni Park and Campground, Lost Lake Recreation Area and Campground,
China Creek Park, Courthouse Park, Kearney Park,
Kings River Green Belt Park, Los Gatos Creek Park,
Thornburn Access Park, Winton Park, Avocado Lake,
the Shaver Lake Launch Ramp,
recreational areas with fishing access,
and two parks only open Easter to September:
Laton-Kingston Park and Skaggs Bridge Park.
Note that the Pine Flat Recreation Area has been permanently closed.
San Joaquin River Parkway
In or Partly in Fresno County
King's Canyon and Sequoia National Parks
These two contiguous national parks are managed as one park.
Located in both Fresno County and Tulare County.
Includes
General Grant's Grove
Ansel Adams Wilderness
Belmont Memorial Park
Boyden Cavern / Boyden Cave
China Peak
Converse Basin
Courtright Reservoir
Dinkey Lakes Wilderness
Dirkey Creek
Dirkey Lake Wilderness
General Grant Grove
Giant Sequoia National Monument
John Muir Wilderness
Kaiser Wilderness
King's River
Kings Canyon National Park
M. Young Botanic Garden
Monarch Wilderness
Mono Hot Springs
Sequoia National Forest
Sequoia National Park and Forest
Sierra National Forest
Teakettle Experimental Forest
Yosemite National Park
Fresno County Travel Guide
About the San Joaquin Valley
Central Valley Tourism Region
Central California Travel Guide
