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Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Park
The General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the world (measured by volume), in 2022
Map showing the location of Sequoia National Park
Map showing the location of Sequoia National Park
Location in California
Map showing the location of Sequoia National Park
Map showing the location of Sequoia National Park
Location in the United States
LocationTulare County, California, United States
Nearest cityVisalia, California
Coordinates36°33′53″N 118°46′22″W / 36.56472°N 118.77278°W / 36.56472; -118.77278
Area404,064 acres (1,635.19 km2)[2]
EstablishedSeptember 25, 1890
Visitors1,153,198 (in 2022)[3]
Governing bodyNational Park Service
Websitenps.gov/seki

Sequoia National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects 404,064 acres (631 sq mi; 163,519 ha; 1,635 km2)[2] of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the park contains the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m) above sea level.[4] The park is south of, and contiguous with, Kings Canyon National Park; both parks are administered by the National Park Service together as Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. UNESCO designated the areas as Sequoia-Kings Canyon Biosphere Reserve in 1976.[5]

The park is notable for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume. The General Sherman tree grows in the Giant Forest, which contains five of the ten largest trees in the world. The Giant Forest is connected by the Generals Highway to Kings Canyon National Park's General Grant Grove, home of the General Grant tree among other giant sequoias. The park's giant sequoia forests are part of 202,430 acres (316 sq mi; 81,921 ha; 819 km2) of old-growth forests shared by Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.[6] The parks preserve a landscape that was first cultivated by the Monache tribe, the southern Sierra Nevada before Euro-American settlement.[7][failed verification]

  1. ^ "Sequoia-Kings Canyon". protectedplanet.net. Protected Planet. Archived from the original on May 30, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2012" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved September 22, 2013. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
  3. ^ "Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visits in: 2022". nps.gov. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "DATASHEETS". www.ngs.noaa.gov. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  5. ^ "UNESCO – MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory". Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  6. ^ Bolsinger, CL; Waddell, KL (1993). Area of old-growth forests in California, Oregon, and Washington (PDF) (Report). United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-197. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  7. ^ Franklin, Jerry, F; Fites-Kaufmann, Jo Ann (1996). Status of the Sierra Nevada (Report). Vol. Assessment of Late-Successional Forests of the Sierra Nevada (III: Biological and Physical Elements of the Sierra Nevada ed.). Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project. Final Report to Congress. pp. 627–671. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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