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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 km 2 ) [ 2 ] of forested mountainous terrain.
National Register of Historic Places in Sequoia National Park (20 P) Pages in category "Sequoia National Park" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
Sequoia National Park was first preserved as land set aside for recreation through a bill, Sept. 25, 1890, ch. 926, §1, 26 Stat. 478, passed by Congress and signed by President Benjamin Harrison on September 5, 1890, largely due to the efforts of Colonel George W. Stewart, who is known as the "Father of Sequoia National Park". [7]
The Giant Forest, famed for its giant sequoia trees, is within the United States' Sequoia National Park.This montane forest, situated at over 6,000 ft (1,800 m) above mean sea level in the western Sierra Nevada of California, covers an area of 1,880 acres (7.6 km 2).
General Grant tree, General Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, 2007. Giant sequoias occur naturally in only one place on Earth—the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, on moist, unglaciated ridges and valleys [8] at an altitude of 820 to 2,100 meters (2,700 to 6,900 ft) above mean sea level.
Mineral King is a subalpine glacial valley located in the southern part of Sequoia National Park, in the U.S. state of California. [2] The valley lies at the headwaters of the East Fork of the Kaweah River, which rises at the eastern part of the valley and flows northwest.
General Grant Grove, a section of the greater Kings Canyon National Park, was established by the U.S. Congress in 1890 and is located in Fresno County, California.The primary attraction of General Grant Grove is the giant sequoia trees that populate the grove.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Three Rivers has a hot-summer mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Three Rivers was 114 °F (45.6 °C) on August 13, 1996, while the coldest temperature recorded was 16 °F (−8.9 °C) on December 22–23, 1990. [7]