Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks guides
12 in-depth guides to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, in reading order: what to see, how to get around, and what to know before you go. Back to the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks overview.
Driving the Generals Highway Safely
The Generals Highway is the central route tying Sequoia and Kings Canyon together, and it is the way into the Giant Forest.
Snow, Chains and Winter Road Closures
Tire chains are often required on park roads in winter, and chain requirements can stay in effect for days after a storm.
Giant Sequoias: General Sherman and General Grant
The General Sherman Tree is the world's largest tree by volume, and it grows in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park.
Moro Rock and Giant Forest's Granite Domes
Moro Rock is a granite dome in Giant Forest, in Sequoia National Park. A stairway gains 300 feet to reach its summit, and from the top you look out over the Great Western Divide and across the park's western half.
Roadside Vistas Between Grant Grove and Cedar Grove
Highway 180 links Grant Grove to Cedar Grove, and along this stretch it is also known as the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway.
The Dark Sky Festival and Northward Stargazing
The Dark Sky Festival is now in its twelfth year. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks put it on together with the Sequoia Parks Conservancy.
From Foothills to Mount Whitney's Summit
Between the grassy foothills above the San Joaquin Valley and the crest of the Sierra Nevada, the parks rise through an elevation gradient.
Monache and Yokuts: First Peoples of the Southern Sierra
People have lived in the Southern Sierra for at least six to seven thousand years. The Monache, also known as Western Mono, were hunters and gatherers who lived in the higher mountains and down into the western foothills.
Loggers, Sheepherders and Saving the Sequoias
Spanish explorers began venturing to the edge of the Sierras in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Campgrounds, Lodges and Beating Holiday Crowds
Delaware North Parks and Resorts runs the overnight lodging, dining, and shopping services in both parks.
Cedar Grove and Zumwalt Meadow
Cedar Grove lies at the end of Highway 180, which is also called the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway.
Mineral King's Remote Valley Trails
Mineral King Valley is a subalpine valley lying outside the main boundaries of Sequoia National Park, in its southern section.
