We are fortunate in Kern County to live in a region with so many national forests and monuments, state parks, and private preserves. Many, if not all, are accessible to the public. Kern CNPS leads botanical field trips to several of these every spring and early summer.
Parks & Preserves
- Panorama Vista Preserve, Bakersfield
- Audubon Kern River Preserve, Weldon
- Hungry Valley SVRA, Frazier Park
- Wind Wolves Preserve – The Wildlands Conservancy, Maricopa
- Sand Ridge Wildflower Preserve – Center For Natural Lands Management
- Semitropic Ridge Preserve – Center For Natural Lands Management
- Pixley Vernal Pools – Center For Natural Lands Management
- Kaweah Oaks Preserve, Visalia
- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Three Rivers
- Death Valley National Park
- Trail Of 100 Giants Trail (Long Meadow Grove)
- Mountain Home State Forest
- Red Rock Canyon State Park
- Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve
- Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park
- Saddleback Butte State Park
- Carrizo Plain National Monument
- Tehachapi Mountain Park
- Bald Mountain Botanical Area
- Baker Point Botanical Area
- Mount Pinos Botanical Area
- Shell Creek Road
- Chimney Peak Recreation Area
- Horse Meadow
- Chimeneas Ecological Reserve
- Tule Elk State Natural Reserve
- Darwin Falls, Death Valley National Park
