51 awesome things you must do in Tulare County

We put our heads together and brainstormed about some of the iconic and fun things you can do — things you absolutely should do — if you live in Tulare County. The list is in random order and we know we probably missed something.

1. Visit the End of the Trail statue at Mooney Grove Park

2. Buy locally grown strawberries at a roadside stand

3. Go to the Tulare County Fair

GALLERY: Tulare County Fair, Opening Day

4. Hit up the Visalia Farmers Market on Thursday or Saturday in Visalia and on Tuesday in Tulare

5. Shopping at the Tulare Outlet Center

6. Take a walk in the foothills during wildflower season

7. Go for a drive through the country when the trees are blossoming

8. Look at Exeter’s murals depicting life and history here

9. Lindsay’s Friday night market

10. Porterville Iris Festival

11. Tulare Historical Museum

12. First Fridays in Visalia

13. View the trees for the Visalia Christmas Tree Auction

14. Tulare County Farm Labor and Agriculture Museum in Mooney Grove Park

15. Springville Apple Festival

16. Hike through Kaweah Oaks Preserve and its riparian forests

17. California Hot Springs

18. Woodlake Lions’ Rodeo

19. Candy Cane Lane Parade

Candy Cane Lane Parade in Visalia

20. See the Tulare County Symphony perform

21. Go to Three Rivers for 1st Saturdays

22. Go to Exeter, Visalia or Tulare’s holiday open house

23. Float down the St. Johns River when it’s 110 degrees outside

24. Hike the High Sierra Trail in Crescent Meadow

25. Visit the world’s largest tree, the General Sherman

26. Go to the Cowhide or Bell rivalry games

27. Check out McDermott Field House in Lindsay

28. Eat ice cream at Reimers in Three Rivers

29. Go to a Visalia Rawhide game

30. Visalia’s St. Mortimer’s Renaissance Fair

31. Civil War reenactment at Mooney Grove Park

Civil War Reenactment at Mooney Grove in Visalia

32. Run or walk in the Central Valley’s largest 5K, the Race Against Hunger on Thanksgiving day

33. Watch a race at Plaza Park or Thunderbowl

33. Attend the famous World Ag Expo

World Ag Expo

34. Check out the old farm equipment at the Antique Farm Equipment Show

35. Go to the Bravo Lake Botanical Garden in Woodlake

36. Visit Allensworth State Park

37. See the sandhill cranes at the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

38. Watch one of the many local theater productions

39. Shop and dine in downtown Visalia

40. Eat at the Vintage Press

41. Enjoy sopas during the festa season

42. Check out the variety of citrus grown here at the annual citrus tasting at the UC Davis Extension in Lindcove

43. Go swimming in Lake Kaweah on a hot summer day

44. Bravo Farms in Traver

45. The Mountain Festival Camp Nelson

46. Visit Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park

47. Tulare’s Christmas Tree lighting and Children’s Parade

48. Trek up Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park

49. See a show at the Visalia Fox Theatre

50. Blues, Brews and BBQ in Visalia

51. Summer series concerts at Zumwalt Park in Tulare