Kings Canyon National Park

When we hear the words Sequoia and Kings then we imagine a place where beauty and giants reside. And that is what Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is all about. The parks are known as the land of the giants because of the immense mountains and world’s largest trees found there. You also get to experience rugged foothills, deep canyons, and vast caverns. Sequoia and Kings National Park lies in the southern Sierra Nevada which is east of the San Joaquin valley. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National park are two different parks with one found in the North and the other in south of Sierra Nevada. The two parks are connected to each other contiguously and are run by the National Park Service. The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park are home…

Kings Canyon National Park is the second oldest national park in the United States. The National Park Service manages both Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia. This national park was established on September 25, 1890. A small portion of Kings Canyon was originally set aside as General Grant National Park, but in 1940, it became part of Kings Canyon National Park. Once General Grant National Park and Sequoia combined, they created Kings Canyon National Park and they together cover a total of…

A possible getaway location is Sequoia or Kings Canyon national park in California. For instance, on the National Parks Service website, the text states that “In the spring, the colorful mix of wildflowers along the ridge trail and near Redwood Creek will delight hikers as much as the giant sequoias. In the fall, the dogwood shrubs turn a deep red color, and the fall light provides good photo opportunities.” campers can hike underneath towering trees that can get as tall as 378 feet and these…

It’s an incredible experience. We had worked on the logistics for months, doing training hikes, planning flights, and reserving campsites, but that first view really made everything that went into the trip worth it. Things like that really can’t be captured in a picture. No matter how stunning a photograph of the Grand Canyon is, it’s nothing compared to standing on the edge of a hundred foot drop and just taking in the hugeness of one of the most famous landmarks in the world. Even my little…

What is the Grand Canyon? The Grand Canyon is one of the most remarkable tourist site in the world. The Grand Canyon is made out of sedimentary rock , limestone, sandstone, and shale. No one knows the exact age of the Grand Canyon but it is believed that it is over 5 million years old. The Colorado river and the erosion is responsible for the creation of the Grand Canyon. Over the years the Colorado river slowly started to wear down the rocks. After millions of years the canyon started to be…

The Sierra Nevada is the longest mountain range in America and it lies partially within the parks. Along this range lies Mt. Whitney, at an elevated height of 14,491 feet and considered the tallest mountain within the lower United States. In Sequoia National Park, resides another prominent ridge of mountains called the Great Western Divide and it has been posed as the rival of the Sierran Crest. The topography and its gradual formation was the result of the uplift of the southern portion of the…

to be fascinated with Yellowstone. People in the East had believed that tales of geysers and waterfalls weren’t real but instead of handing them written evidence, Jackson showed them real proof that they existed and photographs were the undeniable proof. The work that Jackson did with the Hayden expedition went further than just taking photographs of the landscape of Yellowstone. It lead to Yellowstone being one of the first preserved national park in America’s history due to the public being…

The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most awe-inspiring natural landmarks. Since receiving National Park status in 1919, the park has seen a continual increase of visitors each year. Today nearly 5 million people flock to the park annually and the number is steadily increasing. Cutting into the Colorado Plateau at 2,133 meters (~7,000 feet), spanning roughly 446 kilometers (~277 miles) in length, and covering approximately 4,931 square kilometers (~1,904 square miles) in total, the canyon is…

Parts of the jagged landscape are smoothed out though by the frequent snow. Other features include U-shaped valleys and volcanic remnants. There are five mountains found in the park. The most popular is Lassen Peak. South of Lassen Peak is Bumpass Mountain, a grand 9,236 acre Mount Tehama, Cinder Cone with a height of 750 feet, and a lava dome, which is Chaos Crags. There are thirty lava domes all over this national park and Chaos Crags is the youngest, near 1,000 years old. The most well-known…

and Carol decided that they wanted to go on a road trip when they would meet up to discuss topics. They decided they wanted to go to the Grand Canyon because my grandma’s grandma had been there before and she said that the Grand Canyon had mule rides. Their goal was to make it to the Grand Canyon, but they also wanted to stop anywhere the wanted on the way there. When they left the state of Minnesota they stumbled upon museum of miscellaneous things to look at. On that day the museum had a old…