• Giant Sequoia National Monument and Balch Park
Three Springs Ranch is located 10 miles Northeast of Springville, CA and two miles from Sequoia National Monument in the Central Western Sierra.
Our vacation rental house and cabins are only a 3 hour drive from LA and 4 1/2 from the Bay area and are 30-45 minutes drive from the Methuselah (6th largest), Lady Alice and Adam Trees at Balch Park within Mountain Home State Demonstration Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument, 20 - 40 minute drive to the lakes at Grouse Valley, 1 hour drive to Trail of a Hundred Giants on the Western Divide Highway, and 1 1/2 hour drive to the Ash Mtn. entrance to Sequoia National Park.
They are conveniently located half way between Springville and these lush Giant Squoia Groves.
Our hiking and recreation binders in each cabin have maps and directions to local points of interest including Sequoia groves, swimming holes and local waterfalls.
'The Big White Barn' is a Springville landmark and the largest timber frame barn west of the Mississippi.
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"Advancing southward the giants become more and more irrepressibly exhuberant, heaving their massive crowns into the sky from every ridge and slope, and waving onward in graceful compliance with the complicated topography of the region. . . But the finest block of Big Tree Forest in the entire belt is on the North Fork of the Tule River . . .here for every old storm-stricken giant there are many in all the glory of prime vigor, and for each of these there is a crowd of eager, hopeful young trees and saplings . . .seemingly in hot pursuit of eternal life." John Muir from The Mountains of California 1894 |
Springville, California is a picturesque little village (population 1000) built on the banks of the Tule River that serves as the center of our ranching and orcharding community as well as a hub for all sorts of mountain recreation. Visitors will find:
several restaurants, unique shops, a market, a new Park and children's Playground, a California Native Plant Demonstration Garden, a new Visitors' Center displaying local artists' work, an ambitious Tile Mosaic Mural in process by local artists, and the Springville Sierra Rodeo grounds.
Purchase books on local history at www.foothillwater.com
The new Visitor's Center on Main Street with local information and a Gallery of local artists' work
Springville Arts Council is producing an ambitious tile mosaic mural along Main Street depicting the area's natural and indiginous history.
