Kings Canyon National Park
Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 461901
- Established
- 1940
parks detail
- Hook
- A canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon plus the Grant Grove sequoias
- More
- Established as General Grant NP in 1890 and expanded in 1940, it pairs the Nation's Christmas Tree with the roadless heart of the High Sierra. The Highway 180 descent into the canyon is one of the great drives in California — closed in winter.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.7983, -118.654