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Kings Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. Originally established in 1890 as General Grant National Park, the park was greatly expanded and renamed on March 4, 1940. The park's namesake, Kings Canyon, is a rugged glacier -carved valley more than a ...
Tehipite Valley. Coordinates: 36.909°N 118.782°W. Tehipite Dome and the Middle Fork, c. 1920. Tehipite Valley, a glacial valley of the Middle Fork Kings River, is located in Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California. The valley is in Fresno County about 45 miles (72 km) southwest of Bishop and 60 miles (97 km) east of ...
Location in California. Glen Pass (also known as Blue Flower Pass) is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, located in Kings Canyon National Park, eastern Fresno County, California, United States. This pass, on the John Muir Trail, links Rae Lakes at 10,544 feet (3,214 m) elevation with Charlotte Lake at 10,499 feet (3,200 m) elevation.
Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees on earth. [ 1] It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument on the western slope of California 's Sierra Nevada. The grove contains the world's tallest giant sequoia (95 metres (312 ft)). [ 2]
Lowest point. Cedar Grove, 5,020 ft (1,530 m) [4] The Sierra High Route (also called the Roper Route and the High Route) is a cross-country hiking route, 195 miles (314 km) long, through the Sierra Nevada. It was scouted by Steve Roper and described by him in his book Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country. [1]
Easiest route. class 4+ [3] Devils Crags is a 12,424-foot-elevation (3,787-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. [1] This jagged line of 11 pinnacles is situated at the southern end of the Black Divide in northern Kings Canyon National Park, 1 ...
Mount Goddard is a mountain of California 's Sierra Nevada, in the north section of Kings Canyon National Park. Goddard forms the southwest boundary of the Evolution Basin . The peak is named for civil engineer George Henry Goddard, who surveyed the Sierra Nevada during the 1850s. The name was given by William Brewer 's California Geological ...
The Sphinx is a 9,143-foot-elevation (2,787-meter) double summit granitic pillar located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California. [3] This landmark is situated at the northern end of the Great Western Divide, two miles southeast of Kanawyers, five miles ...