We visited Sequoia National Park in California, including the Lodgepole Visitor Center and Grill, and the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the world by volume. And saw a couple of bears in a tree.

An interactive map of our route:

Relief map in the visitor center:

General Sherman Tree trail, a half mile (each way) path from the parking lot to the tree, through the Giant Forest sequoia grove:

Footprint of Sherman Tree:

Path and steps:

General Sherman tree, the largest tree in the world by volume:

Other big trees:

Tree cross section:

On the way back up the path, we saw a couple of black bears in a tree (not very close, fortunately):