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Mineral King is a 7.5-mile-long (12.1 km), 1-mile-wide (1.6 km) glacial valley in the southern Sierra Nevada.The valley floor lies at an elevation of 7,400 feet (2,300 m), while the granite peaks rising above the head of the valley reach heights of 11,000 feet (3,400 m) or more.
The trailhead up to Sawtooth Peak starts in Mineral King, 23 miles (37 km) off of California State Route 198 on Mineral King Road. The trailhead is located at the end of Mineral King Road in a parking lot/staging area. The trail up to the peak is 11.5 miles (18.5 km) round trip and is rated difficult.
Eagle Lake is an alpine lake in the Southern Sierra Nevada near Mineral King in Sequoia National Park. The lake can be reached by a 3.5-mile-long (5.6 km) hike from Mineral King Valley and lies at 10,000 feet (3,000 m) above sea level.
The Kaweah River is a river draining the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California in the United States. Fed primarily by high elevation snowmelt along the Great Western Divide, the Kaweah begins as four forks in Sequoia National Park, where the watershed is noted for its alpine scenery and its dense concentrations of giant sequoias, the largest trees on Earth.
Can be accessed via the Mineral King Road which branches off California State Route 198 below the south entrance to Sequoia National Park. The grove is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the community of Silver City and 19 miles (31 km) from the junction of highway 198. The road into this section of the park is narrow and difficult.
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The National Park Service Rustic building is a three-room log cabin in the extreme southern end of the park, near Mineral King. [2] References
Vandever Mountain is an 11,947-foot-elevation (3,641-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. [3] It is situated on the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park with Sequoia National Forest, four miles south of Mineral King, and 1.78 miles (2.86 km) west of Florence Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. [1]