North Fork of the Kings River Backpacking

The Kings River, is a 132.9-mile river draining the Sierra Nevada mountain range in central California in the United States. Its headwaters originate along the Sierra Crest in and around Kings Canyon National Park and form the eponymous Kings Canyon, one of the deepest river gorges in North America. The river is impounded in Pine Flat Lake before flowing int…
The Kings River, is a 132.9-mile river draining the Sierra Nevada mountain range in central California in the United States. Its headwaters originate along the Sierra Crest in and around Kings Canyon National Park and form the eponymous Kings Canyon, one of the deepest river gorges in North America. The river is impounded in Pine Flat Lake before flowing into the San Joaquin Valley southeast of Fresno. With its upper and middle course in Fresno County, the Kings River diverges into multiple branches in Kings County, with some water flowing south to the old Tulare Lake bed and the rest flowing north to the San Joaquin River. However, most of the water is consumed for irrigation well upstream of either point.
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • Region: Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, Kings County, California
  • Source: Confluence of Middle and South Forks
  • Mouth: Tulare Lakebed
  • Length: 132.9 mi (213.9 km)
  • Basin size: 1,544 sq mi (4,000 km²)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org