Created in 2000 and administered by the US Forest service, the Giant Sequoia National Monument includes two sections of protected forest totaling over 328,300 acres; it borders parts of Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Nearby Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks attractions
1. Converse Basin Grove
1.18 MILES
Tragically, Converse Basin once contained the world’s largest grove of mature sequoias, but it’s now an unsettling cemetery for tree stumps. In the late…
2. General Grant Grove
1.72 MILES
This sequoia grove off Generals Hwy is astounding. The paved half-mile General Grant Tree Trail is an interpretive walk that visits a number of mature…
3. Chicago Stump
1.75 MILES
The 20ft-high Chicago Stump is all that’s left of the once-mighty, 3200-year-old General Noble tree. The 285ft giant was cut into sections and transported…
4. Grant Grove Village
2.36 MILES
About 3 miles northeast of the park’s Big Stump Entrance, Grant Grove Village is the park’s main tourist hub year-round, with lodge and cabin…
5. Panoramic Point
2.5 MILES
For a breathtaking view of Kings Canyon, head 2.3 miles up narrow, steep and winding Panoramic Point Rd (trailers and RVs aren’t recommended), which…
6. Hume Lake Recreation Area
4.49 MILES
When it was dammed in 1908, this 87-acre artificial lake powered a huge log flume that whisked sequoias harvested in Converse Basin to a mill more than 70…
7. Redwood Canyon
5.6 MILES
More than 15,000 sequoias cluster in Redwood Canyon, making it one of the world’s largest groves of these giant trees. In an almost-forgotten corner of…
8. Junction View
6.65 MILES
Panoramic roadside pullout on the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway with soaring views of Rodger's Ridge, Spanish Mountain, Deer Ridge, Deer Canyon, Crown Rock,…