We visited Sequoia National Park in California, including the Foothills Visitor Center, the Tunnel Rock, the Giant Forest Museum, Moro Rock, and Tunnel Log.
An interactive map of our route:
Sequoia National Park historic sign:
Kaweah River:
Visitor center:
Tunnel Rock:
A very twisty route:
Interesting rocks:
Big trees:
Giant Forest Museum:
Auto Log:
Moro Rock:
Trees and hills:
Driving through Tunnel Log:
Our truck under Tunnel Log:
Tall trees:
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):
