Kings View

Kings View is a scenic viewpoint in Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Kings View is situated nearby to Clear Lake, as well as near Lost Peak.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helms Pumped Storage Plant and Courtright Dam.

Power station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 1¼ miles southeast of Kings View.

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 north of Kings View.

Latitude

37.05212° or 37° 3′ 8″ north

Longitude

-118.98139° or 118° 58′ 53″ west

Open location code

85933229+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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