National Park Entrance Fees:
$20 per vehicle
($10 per person on foot, bicycle, motorcycle, or bus.)
Pass good for seven days in Sequoia, Kings Canyon,
and the “between the parks” portion of Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Also available: Annual Sequoia-Kings Canyon pass ($30), National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass ($80), National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass ($10), National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Access Pass for those with permanent disabilities (Free), National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Volunteer Pass (Free).
Visitors
Centers: Spring 2008
Sequoia National Park:
Foothills Visitor Center (Ash Mountain)
– OPEN DAILY YEAR-ROUND
Ph. 559-565-4212
Giant Forest Museum – OPEN DAILY YEAR-ROUND
9 am - 4:30 pm
Ph. 559-565-4480
Lodgepole
Visitor Center – OPEN spring through
fall
9 am - 4:30 pm
Ph. 559-565-4436
Mineral
King Ranger Station – OPEN Memorial
Day weekend to September
Ph. 559-565-3768
Kings
Canyon National Park:
Kings Canyon Visitor Center (Grant Grove)
– OPEN DAILY YEAR-ROUND
Ph. 559-565-4307
Cedar
Grove Visitor Center – OPEN June
to September
Ph. 559-565-3793
Sequoia-Kings
Canyon National Parks fact sheet:
http://www.nps.gov/seki/parknews/upload/fact2007.pdf
Other
National Park Road Information: Spring
2008
GENERALS HIGHWAY from Sequoia National Park entrance in Three Rivers to Wuksachi Lodge is OPEN YEAR-ROUND.
GENERALS
HIGHWAY (“between the parks,”
from Wuksachi Village in Sequoia to Hwy.
180 junction in Kings Canyon): OPEN.
(Note: This section of road is subject
to closure in winter without notice during
and after snowstorms; call 559-565-3341
for update. Priority for plowing is Amphitheater
Point to Wuksachi Village on the Sequoia
side and the Grant Village area on the
Kings Canyon side. After a storm and when
these roads are clear, plowing begins
on the “between the parks”
segment. Depending on snow depth, closures
may be brief or lengthy.)
MORO
ROCK/CRESCENT MEADOW ROAD: OPEN till winter.
MINERAL
KING ROAD: OPEN through October.
KINGS
CANYON HIGHWAY to Cedar Grove: OPEN till
November.
CRYSTAL
CAVE ROAD: OPEN through October.
DESTINATION:
SEQUOIA AND
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS
SEQUOIA:
Ash
Mountain
(elev.
1,500 ft.)
-Sequoia
entrance station
-Park
headquarters
-Foothills
Visitor Center
-Restrooms
Potwisha
(elev. 2,000
ft.)
-Campground
(42
sites)
-
Hiking trails
-
River access
Hospital
Rock
(elev.
2,700 ft.)
-Picnic
area
-Restrooms
-Indian
pictographs
Buckeye
Flat
(elev.
2,500 ft.)
-Campground
(28
sites)
-Hiking
trails
Giant
Forest
(elev.
6,500 ft.)
-Giant
Forest Museum
-Crystal
Cave
-Auto
Log
-Tunnel
Log
-Moro
Rock
-Crescent
Meadow
-Tharp’s
Log
-General
Sherman Tree
-Hiking
trails
Wolverton
(elev. 7,000
ft.)
-Hiking
trails
-Restrooms
-Winter
snowplay area
Lodgepole
(elev. 6,700
ft.)
-Campground
(214
sites)
-Visitor
center
-Restrooms
-Grocery
store / -Gift shop
-Post
office
-Deli/ice
cream/snack bar
-ATM
-Showers/Laundry
-Hiking
trails
Wuksachi
(elev. 7,000
ft.)
-Lodging
-Dining
-Cocktails
-Gift
shop
-Conference
facilities
-Ski/snowshoe
rentals
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Dorst
Creek (elev.
6,700 ft.)
-Campground
(204
sites)
-Hiking
trails
Mineral
King (elev.
7,800 ft.)
-Campgrounds
(61
sites)
-Lodging
-Food
service
-Grocery
store/gift shop
-Restrooms/Showers
-Hiking
trails
-Cold
Springs Nature Trail
South
Fork (elev.
3,500 ft.)
-Campground
(10
sites)
-Hiking trails
Stony
Creek (elev.
6,600 ft.)
(between
Sequoia and Kings Canyon
parks in Giant Sequoia National
Monument; additional campgrounds
between the parks at Hume Lake and
Big Meadows.)
-Campgrounds
(67
sites)
-Lodging
-Dining
-Grocery
store
-24-hour
gas (summers only)
KINGS
CANYON:
Grant Grove (elev.
6,600 ft.)
-Big
Stump entrance station
-Campgrounds
(380 sites)
-Visitor
center
-Restrooms
-Lodging
-Dining
-Grocery
store
-Post
office
-Gift
shop
-ATM
-Showers
-Hiking
trails
-Riding
stables
-Winter
recreation area
-General
Grant Tree
-Panoramic
Point
Cedar
Grove (elev.
4,600 ft.)
-Campgrounds
(350
sites)
-Visitor
center
-Restrooms
-Lodging
-Grocery
store
-Dining/snack
bar
-Showers/Laundry
-Pack
station
-Hiking
trails
-Motor
Nature Trail
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PUBLIC
CAMPGROUNDS
Sequoia National Park:
Foothills– Potwisha (OPEN
year-round; dump station); Buckeye Flat
(OPEN); South Fork (OPEN year-round; primitive).
Mineral King National Park:
Atwell Mill (OPEN); Cold Spring (OPEN).
Both will close end of October.
Giant Forest / Lodgepole:
Lodgepole (OPEN year-round; dump station); Dorst (OPEN summer). Both of these campgrounds may be reserved by calling 1-800-365-2267 (spring/summer only).
Kings
Canyon National Park:
Grant Grove– Azalea (OPEN year-round),
Crystal Springs (OPEN summer), and Sunset
(OPEN summer).
Cedar
Grove– Sentinel (OPEN), Sheep Creek,
Canyon View, Moraine (OPEN summer).
Giant
Sequoia National Monument/ Sequoia National
Forest:
(all OPEN summer)
Hume Lake– Princess (5,900 ft.;
88 sites), Hume Lake (5,200 ft.; 74 sites),
Tenmile (5,800 ft.; 13 sites), Landslide
(5,800 ft.; 9 sites), Convict Flat (4,000
ft.; 7 sites).
Stony Creek– Stony Creek (6,400
ft.; 49 sites), Upper Stony Creek (6,400
ft.; 18 sites).
Big
Meadows– Big Meadows (7,600 ft.;
30 sites), Buck Rock (7,500 ft.; 5 or
more), Horse Camp (7,500 ft.; 5 or more).
Enjoy your stay
in Kaweah Country!
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