Homer Ranch Preserve

Getting There

Directions

From Visalia, travel east on Highway 198. Take Highway 216 toward Woodlake. Follow west 1/2 mile and turn north on Dry Creek Road. The Homer Ranch Preserve is located five miles up Dry Creek Road on the right.

Address

37628 Dry Creek Drive
Lemon Cove, CA 93244

Visiting Hours

Sunrise to Sunset
Weekends Only
November–June

What Makes Homer Ranch Preserve So Special?

Homer Ranch Preserve protects 1,819 acres of working landscape along a mile stretch of beautiful Dry Creek in Lemon Cove, just northeast of Woodlake.

The ranch is home to a significant portion of one of the largest, healthiest, and last remaining sycamore alluvial woodlands in the world and extensive blue oak woodlands. The area serves as a critical wildlife corridor for a variety of species such as resident and migratory birds, mule deer, and mountain lions, and provides an important link between Dry Creek and conserved land to the northeast.

Sequoia Riverlands Trust purchased this property in 2004 from Stephanie and Richard Homer, whose great, great grandparents homesteaded the area in the late 1800s. Today, Sequoia Riverlands Trust manages the ranch for rare habitat protection, livestock grazing, and public education and enjoyment.

Yes:
Dogs (leashed)
Parking
Picnic tables
Restrooms
Trail Guides

No:
Bicycles
Confetti
Balloons
Microplastics
Horses
Smoking
Restrooms

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Our Preserves

Land stewardship is an essential component of Sequoia Riverlands Trust's conservation mission in the southern Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, and Carrizo Plain. Stewardship involves land restoration and the replenishment, respect and continued maintenance of conserved lands.
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