Sonora, CA, Library
The dam across the Kings River as seen from Elwood Road not too far from Phiedra. [Click once to enlarge; press ESC to return here.]
The road along the north shore of Pine Flat Lake/Reservoir.
From CA180, the northern entrance road to Kings Canyon National Park, a photo of the country to the south of Squaw Valley.
A sequoia (sequoia giganteum) near the entrance to the Grant Grove Trail. [Photos taken 20 Oct.]
Because of their thick bark and very resinous wood, sequoias are rarely, if ever, killed by a forest fire.
While a tree this size may cause some timber fallers to "salivate," Sequoias, likely because of their weight, tend to shatter when they hit the ground.
I eschewed a walk through the "Tunnel Tree."
[Click once to enlarge; press ESC to return here.] The General Grant tree is 268 ft tall and 40 feet wide -- at an age of 1700 years; it is the 3rd largest sequoia (by volume) in the 17 or so groves in the Sierra Nevada.
The base of the General Grant Sequoia, which was so-named in 1867. Kings Canyon became the third national park after Yellowstone and Sequoia.
Looking upward....
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"Silent Cal," President Calvin Coolidge, spoke up in 1926, naming the General Grant Tree the Nation's Christmas Tree.
With a diameter of 40 feet the General Grant Tree is the widest sequoia in the world.
One of the branches of this sequoia is reputed to have a diameter of 4.5 feet, which is about the size of a large red fir tree.
General U.S. Grant smoked cigars; so it's fitting that his tree has a fire scar. :-)> And...no...the fire was not extinguished with several barrels of whiskey.
A side view of the Gen. Grant Sequoia.
The Gamlin Cabin -- at one time spartan quarters for the park's first ranger.
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Links:
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park website
- Wikipedia article on the General Grant Grove
- Yelp.Com reviews of the park
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Finding Campgrounds:
- RV Campgrounds from TrailerLifeDirectory.com
- Family Camping Directories from Woodalls.com
- Free campsites website
- Info on finding BLM Campgrounds
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