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Directions to Camp Fareta

Camp Fareta takes place at Camp Hye Sierra (The Armenian Church Camp), 45000 East Kings Canyon Road, Dunlap, CA 93621. Camp is a 4-5 hour drive from both the Bay Area and Los Angeles, about an hour east of Fresno at 4,000' elevation in the southern Sierras.

DIRECTIONS as PDF

We encourage you to get a map of the Fresno area to help you with your travels. Our suggested route bypasses downtown Fresno and avoids ongoing construction and traffic lights. Both North and South approaches continue below at "Go east on Jensen Ave."

From the north toward Fresno:

  1. Get onto I-80 E toward OAKLAND.
  2. Merge onto I-580 E toward CA-24/DOWNTOWN OAKLAND/HAYWARD-STOCKTON. (63.3 miles)
  3. I-580 E becomes I-5 S. (42.9 miles)
  4. Merge onto CA-152 E toward LOS BANOS/FRESNO. (43.1 miles)
  5. Take CA-99 S. (31.8 miles)
  6. On CA-99 go past the 180 exit and the Kings Canyon Exit to the Jensen Ave exit.

From the South toward Fresno:

  1. Get onto US-101 N toward HOLLYWOOD FWY/HARBOR FWY.
  2. Merge onto US-101 N toward HOLLYWOOD FWY/HARBOR FWY. (0.2 miles)
  3. Merge onto CA-110 N toward PASADENA. (2.0 miles)
  4. Take the I-5 FWY N/GOLDEN STATE FWY exit on the LEFT toward SACRAMENTO. (0.7 miles)
  5. Merge onto I-5 N. (82.4 miles)
  6. Take CA-99 N toward BAKERSFIELD/FRESNO.
  7. Take the Jensen Ave exit.

From the North or the South, after taking Jensen Avenue exit:
Go east on Jensen Ave. toward the town of Sanger. Jensen Ave will dead end at Academy Avenue after approx. 12-13 miles. Turn left on Academy and go about 2 miles. Turn right on East Kings Canyon Rd (HWY 180). You will be climbing into the foothills...drive safely! Just past the 4,000 foot elevation is the Snowline Lodge. About a mile past the lodge look for a sign that reads: "McKenzie Helispot, Armenian Church Camp (this is us), Highlands Camp". It is an official Forest Service sign, brown with white lettering. Close to there is also a black mailbox that says 45000 on it in reflective lettering. Take a sharp left turn onto the driveway (look for Guinea flags!) and follow signs to the Armenian Church Camp, which is the location of Camp Fareta. If you come to the 5,000 foot elevation on HWY 180, you have gone too far...turn around!