We actually are in the foothills, about 1200 feet elevation. Kings Canyon Park is on Highway 180. You can use the 180 to get to Piedra Road which t’s into Trimmer Springs Road, which goes in front of our house. We’re just past Sunnyslope Road.
The true mountains are much further back. Trimmer Springs goes back to Balch Camp and stops, at the foot of Kings Canyon, whereas Highway 180 goes all the way to Sequoia and Kings Canyon parks. It winds through the mountains at about 6,000 to 7,000 feet elevation until it turns into Highway 198 going into Visalia.
There are also a lot of properties along 180 in a place called Squaw Valley (not the skiing place, LOL). There’s one parcel of about 900 acres with ponds and barns and a usable house for about 2.2 million over there, very nice. It seemed like a bargain to me but I don’t have anywhere near that kind of money. It’s quite a bit further from Fresno though, so working a job might entail spending a lot of time driving back and forth.
2.2 million is too much for us. Even if it wasn’t, I don’t want to spend that kind of money in CA when I can get the same thing for ... probably less than half that in another state. I’m not supporting this socialist government we have here any more than I absolutely have to! (Although 900 acres for 2.2M by CA standards is pretty cheap! Ugly land here in Bakersfield is still going for a premium).