Hidden gems - Hiking areas in Fresno, United States not to miss (Updated March, 2024)

Bear Creek Trailhead

Hiking area

5.00 (7 reviews) (~97.83 km from centre)

Mariposa Grove Arrival Area Trailhead

Hiking area

5.00 (5 reviews) (~86.14 km from centre)

Tokopah Trailhead

Hiking area

👍👍 2023 Best year for waterfalls! Lots of wildflowers this July! There's water and off/on shade along the entire trail. Sounds and views are beautiful the entire way. It's worth the 5 mile trek.

4.90 (105 reviews) (~95.89 km from centre)

Fallen Monarch

Hiking area

👍 One of the interesting attractions to see in the Grant Grove of Kings Canyon National Park is the Fallen Monarch. This is a fallen giant sequoia with a large hollowed out space that has been used over the centuries by Native Americans and early pioneers as a shelter, hotel and even a saloon during...

4.90 (50 reviews) (~72.38 km from centre)

Angle Falls

Hiking area

4.90 (37 reviews) (~69.26 km from centre)

High Sierra Trailhead

Hiking area

72-mile hiking/camping trail featuring tall trees, lakes & scenic peaks with sweeping canyon vistas.

4.90 (31 reviews) (~94.66 km from centre)

San Joaquin River Trail

Hiking area

👍👍 Great place to hike especially in the Winter when you need to avoid the snow at higher elevations. If you start at one of the Pincushion peak trailheads (West side) you can hike over to The Gorge on the East side. During the hike you're likely to run into lots of grazing cows, some of which you'll...

4.90 (25 reviews) (~34.47 km from centre)

Boole Tree Loop Trail

Hiking area

👍 Do not trust Google map directions! Follow the signs off Hwy 180 for Converse Basin and Stump Meadow. The road isn't bad even a sedan can make it if you're careful. It's a nice hike that takes about 90 minutes or so. Beautiful tree but sad that the grove was decimated over 100 years ago. The hike is...

4.90 (20 reviews) (~73.97 km from centre)

Bear Creek Falls

Hiking area

4.90 (7 reviews) (~68.09 km from centre)

Pincushion Peak

Hiking area

4.80 (146 reviews) (~34.78 km from centre)

Pincushion Peak Trailhead

Hiking area

4.80 (128 reviews) (~33.37 km from centre)

The Congress Trail

Hiking area

This short, paved, looped hiking trail passes groves of gigantic sequoias in Sequoia National Park.

4.80 (98 reviews) (~93.95 km from centre)

Ya-Gub-Weh-Tuh Trailhead

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4.80 (93 reviews) (~43.36 km from centre)

Buena Vista Peak Trailhead

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👍👍 A total hidden gem. An easy mile hike round trip, and the scenery is a near 360* view of many sites around Kings Canyon and Sequoia. We took the hike in the early evening and watched the sunset. It was genuinely the family highlight in a trip of many highlights. Beautiful and quiet.

4.80 (86 reviews) (~79.15 km from centre)