A deep canyon with a forested floor and steep granite cliffs

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A steep granite slope leads from forest to a bare alpine landscape

A guardrail encircles people along a narrow walkway with wide views

$A giant sequoia\'s reddish bark contrasts with the snow around it$

A rustic building is surrounded by giant sequoias

National ParkSEKI

Kings Canyon National Park

California · CA

1940

Established

462K

Acres

Trails

About

This dramatic landscape testifies to nature's size, power, and time. The immense granite canyon of the Kings River dominates a landscape with high peaks, deep valleys, and glacially carved rock formations. Giant sequoia groves include the General Grant Tree—the nation's only living war memorial.

Trails

All trails in Kings Canyon National Park

Avalanche Pass Trail to Roaring River Via Kanawyers Trail

45.7 km2,926 mgain

Big Baldy Ridge Trail

Big SEKI Loop

Buck Rock

Don Cecil Trail

East Kennedy Lake Trail

35.6 km2,930 mgain

Hotel Creek Trail to Cedar Grove Overlook

6.1 km515 mgain

King's Canyon to Mt Whitney

129.2 km7,223 mgain

Kings River

22.7 km558 mgain

Little Creek Trail to Cedar Grove Overlook Loop

Lookout Peak Hike

Mist Falls Trail

Mt. Whitney Loop

Paradise Valley Trail

27.5 km1,206 mgain

Paradise Valley Trail to Woods Creek Crossing

44.7 km2,139 mgain

Rae Lake via Bubbs Creek

57.3 km3,490 mgain

Rae Lakes Trail

66.6 km2,949 mgain

Road's End to the Bailey Bridge

7.1 km155 mgain

Roaring River Falls Trail

0.5 km19 mgain

Yucca Point Trail

5.5 km416 mgain

Zumwalt Meadow Loop Trail

2.4 km68 mgain

Zumwalt Meadow Trail to Kanawyers Trail Loop

11.1 km315 mgain

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