Whitaker Forest Drive is an approximately 13-mile rural highway located in the Sierra Nevada range of Tulare County. Whitaker Forest Drive begins at California State Route 245 at the community of Badger. From Badger the course of Whitaker Forest Road is maintained as Tulare County Mountain Road 465 for nine miles to the end of the pavement near Eshom Creek Campground. From the end of the pavement Whitaker Forest Drive is maintained as Sequoia National Forest Road 14S75 through the University of California's Whitaker Forest to the Kings Canyon National Park boundary at Redwood Saddle. Within Kings Canyon National Park the name of Whitaker Forest Drive changes to Redwood Canyon Road and ascends approximately another 2 miles past Redwood Mountain to Generals Highway. Whitaker Forest Drive and Redwood Canyon were both developed as an access road during the late 19th century to the ranch of Horace Whitaker. The Whitaker Ranch Road originally ex...
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