California Travel 2021 (4) - Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park

Changde Wu    2022-02-15

Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park are more a single park with two names in different areas. Kings Canyon located on the north along California Rt. 180. The most interesting points are General Grant Grove, with General Grant tree. While the view is spectacular at Junction View Overlook, the actual view in the bottom of the valley is just ordinary. Hume Lake is also an interesting spot for scenery as well as relax.

Sequoia National Park is located to the south of Kings Canyon National Park along Generals Highway. This park offers world's largest tree, several giant tree groves. It also has a Cave - Crystal Cave, closed during my visiting because of the wildfire concern. The scenery at Moro Rock is extraordinary.

Don't be fooled by un-impressive photos about these parks. The giant trees and spectacular views on rugged Serra Nevada Mountains cannot not be expressed by photos.

Photos from Kings Canyon National Park

P1 Serra Nevada Mountains from Junction View Overlook

P2 The road down to the Kings Canyon

P3 The Creek in the Kings Canyon

P4 The Mountain valley in Kings Canyon

P5 The Mountain valley in Kings Canyon in late afternoon

P6 Hume Lake and the distant Mountains

P7 Hume Lake and the distance Mountains 2

P8 Big trees at General Grant Grove Parking lot

P9 Inside a fallen tree

P10 General Grant Tree, one of the largest tree in the world

Photos from Sequoia National Park

P11 Hospital Rock

P12 One wildfire on east side of the valley viewed near Hospital Rock

P13 Another wildfire to the west of the Generals Highway, viewed from Moro Rock

P14 Smokey mountains viewed from Moro Rock

P15 Serra Nevada Mountains viewed from Moro Rock

P16 The forest in foreground and Serra Nevada Mountains viewed from Moro Rock

P17 Moro Rock

P18 Generals Highway down to the foot hill

P19 Road to the Cresent Meadow

P20 Tunnel Log

P21 People playing on the top of a big rock

P22 Meadow and the trees in Big Trees Trail

P23 The largest tree in the world, General Sherman Tree

P24 The mountains and valleys viewed from above

P25 The wildfire to the east developed biger in the afternoon

P26 Wildfire was out of the control, and forced the park closed in the late afternoon (9/11/2021)

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