Sherman Pass is a mountain pass in California on the Kern Plateau in the Sequoia National Forest near the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada. It is traversed by Sherman Pass Road, which runs from Kern River Highway at the North Fork Kern River on the west to Kennedy Meadow Road on the east.Access from the east is via US 395 at 9-Mile Canyon Road north of Pearsonville, Kennedy Meadow Road to Kennedy Meadows, and Sherman Pass Road.One access route from the west is via SR 99 at Sierra Avenue in Earlimart to Ducor, Avenue 56, Hot Springs Road to California Hot Springs, Parker Pass Road, Parker Pass Drive, Kern River Highway to Johnsondale, and Sherman Pass Road.Another access route from the south is via SR 99 at SR 58 in Bakersfield, SR 184, SR 178 to Lake Isabella, SR 155, Burlando Road to Kernville, Sierra Way to Riverkern, Kern River Highway to Johnsondale, and Sherman Pass Road.
