Sequoia & Kings Canyon
Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, two California parks co-managed by the National Parks Service, are often overshadowed by hugely popular Yosemite but are hard to overlook all the same. Wound through by a solitary road known as the Generals Highway and laced with 800 miles of trails, the area is dominated by the Sierra Nevada range (including the 14,505-foot Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous US), whose peaks shelter freshwater lakes, deep canyons, diverse wildlife, the headwaters of three rivers and, of course, the park’s eponymous groves of giant sequoias, which preside above it all. This “land of giants” – so-called for the sheer size of the trees, which can reach heights of over 300 feet and widths of 30 feet – includes Grant Grove, a popular spot where hikers can enter the hollowed trunk of a fallen sequoia or ogle awe-inspiring soaring trunks, and culminates in the aptly named Giant Forest, where you’ll find the 2200-year-old General Sherman Tree, the largest tree on earth – and one that we at ShermansTravel are particularly fond of.
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