Sierra

Sierra is a locality in Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California and has an elevation of 8,868 feet. Sierra is situated nearby to the locality China Camp.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Helms Pumped Storage Plant and Courtright Dam.

Power station

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The Helms Pumped Storage Plant is located 50 miles east of Fresno, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range's Sierra National Forest. It is a power station that uses Helms Creek canyon on the North Fork of the Kings River for off-river water storage and the pumped-storage hydroelectric method to generate electricity. Helms Pumped Storage Plant is situated 2 miles southeast of Sierra.

Dam

Courtright Reservoir is a reservoir in Fresno County, California. The reservoir is at an elevation of 8,170 feet in the Sierra National Forest, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, bordering the John Muir Wilderness and the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness. Courtright Dam is situated 2 miles northeast of Sierra.

Latitude

37.06183° or 37° 3′ 43″ north

Longitude

-118.99397° or 118° 59′ 38″ west

Elevation

8,868 feet (2,703 metres)

Open location code

85933264+PC

GeoNames ID

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