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Location Information:
Kings
Canyon National Park is a U.S.
National Park in the southern Sierra
Nevada, east of Fresno, California.
The park was established in 1940 and
covers 462,901 acres (187,329 ha).
It incorporated General Grant
National Park, established in 1890
to protect the General Grant Grove.
The
park is north of and contiguous with
Sequoia National Park; the two are
administered by the National Park
Service together. Sequoia National
Park is a national park in the
southern Sierra Nevada, east of
Visalia, California, in the United
States of America. It was
established on September 25th, 1890.
The park spans 404,051 acres (1,635
km2). Encompassing a vertical relief
of nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the
park contains among its natural
resources the highest point in the
contiguous 48 United States, Mount
Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m)
above sea level. The park is south
of and contiguous with Kings Canyon
National Park; the two are
administered by the National Park
Service together.
The
park is famous for its Giant Sequoia
trees, including the General Sherman
tree, the largest tree on Earth. The
General Sherman tree grows in the
Giant Forest, which contains five
out of the ten largest trees in the
world, in terms of wood volume. The
Giant Forest is connected by the
park's Generals Highway to Kings
Canyon National Park's Grant Grove,
home to the General Grant tree among
other sequoias. The park's Giant
Sequoia forests are part of 202,430
acres (81,921 ha) of old-growth
forests shared by Sequoia and Kings
Canyon National Parks. Indeed, the
parks preserve a landscape that
still resembles the southern Sierra
Nevada before Euro-American
settlemen
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