Paddling near Porterville, CA
Porterville sits at the edge of the southern Sierra Nevada foothills in Tulare County, putting paddlers within reach of both calm reservoirs and serious moving water. Lake Success, an Army Corps reservoir up to 2,450 acres, lies just 8 miles east on Hwy 190, while the Kern River whitewater corridor near Kernville runs roughly 45 miles southeast.
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