3 DAYS

278 MILES/447KM

GREAT FOR...

HB

BEST TIME TO GO

April to June to taste

the spring harvest.

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ESSENTIAL

PHOTO

Hoisting a beer in front

of the Cadillac at Buck

Owens’ Crystal Palace

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BEST FRUIT

STANDS

The roads that stretch

out in an orderly grid

from Kingsburg have

a number of family-

operated fruit stands.

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Highway 99

Through Central

Valley

Tripping down Hwy 99 offers a tour of what some call the real

California. You’ll find fresh-picked fruit, midcentury roadside

cafes and the twang of Bakersfield’s country music kings.

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Stockton

Modesto

Merced

Sacramento

Fresno

Bakersfield

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Bakersfield

Groove to the twang of

California country

legends

290 miles

Kingsburg

Welcome to ‘Little

Sweden’ – in the heart

of Central Valley

205 miles

Lodi

Visit one of California’s

excellent underdog

wine regions

35 miles

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS