Yosemite National Park & Sequoia National Park CA

More than 3.5 million visitors are drawn to the natural wonders of California’s Yosemite National Park each year. Yosemite National Park is located 70 miles outside Fresno, California. To learn more about Half Dome and other favorite tourist attractions, plus more great things to see at Yosemite National Park, visit www.nps.gov/yose.

Top Yosemite National Park Attractions include:

• 800 miles of hiking trails
• 350 miles of roads
• 3 groves of Giant Sequoia trees: the Mariposa Grove, Tuolumne Grove and Merced Grove

Sequoia National Park & Forest.

Sequoia National Park was America’s second national park after Yellowstone National Park and is located approximately 80 miles east of Fresno, CA in the southern Sierra Nevada. Distinctly rugged to this day, more than 84% of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are accessible solely by foot or on horseback and remain designated Wilderness. Sequoia National Park encompasses Mount Whitney and the highest area of the High Sierra. To learn more about attractions at Sequoia National Park, visit www.nps.gov/seki.

Sequoia National Park’s Attractions include:

• Tunnel Log - a fallen sequoia log big enough to drive through
• The highest-elevation region anywhere in the High Sierra & Mount Whitney
• High Sierra Trail and miles of backcountry
• General Sherman tree, among the world’s largest trees

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Kings Canyon National Park.

Although Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park are administered together as one national park and often mentioned in the same name, they are two distinct parks. Kings Canyon National Park being just north of Sequoia National Park. Kings Canyon National Park was established in 1940. The park is approximately 80 miles east of Fresno, California and home to the largest Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) grove in the world, the Redwood Mountain Grove. Another record breaker: According to Guinness, Kings Canyon is America's deepest canyon at a depth of 8,200 feet. Kings Canyon National Park also features the General Grant Grove and the landmark General Grant Tree. For more information about visiting the many attractions of Kings Canyon National Park, visit www.nps.gov/seki.

Kings Canyon National Park Features:

• The Grant Grove, which includes the General Grant tree
• Cloud Canyon, in the backcountry
• Dusy Basin
• The Kearsarge Pinnacles

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