King’s Canyon National Park - impressive

When I mention King’s Canyon National Park, quite a few people ask where that is. This is very different than when talking about Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. Even though King’s Canyon is a lot less popular, it is a great place to visit and just like Sequoia, it is a backpaker and hiker’s paradise.

King’s Canyon National Park - Getting There

Just like getting to Yoseminte National Park, you can easily find directions to King’s Canyon National Park. The National Park Services (NPS) maintains websites on all parks including King’s Canyon National Park. King’s Canyon is most of the time associated with Sequoia National Park because they’re right next to each other. I love driving to King’s Canyon and Yosemite…once you get in the mountain areas the drive is just spectacular. Try not to hurry too much, just enjoy the drive and the vistas…and stop once in a while.

King’s Canyon is a great place to visit during a national holiday simply because people don’t know about it. Whereas in Sequoia and Yosemite you will find lots and lots of people on holidays, in King’s Canyon you will have plenty of room to breathe even on a July 4th week.

King’s Canyon National Park - Tourist Attractions

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• If you can hike up to Kennedy Pass, you will not be dissapointed by the views.
• Beware of musquitos in June and July. They are worse than the bears. They will hunt you down and not allow you to rest until you get inside your tent. Bring lots of bug repellant…the expensive stuff, cause only the real stuff really works No kidding !

King’s Canyon National Park - Forests and rocks

King’s Canyon is typical of the High Sierra mountains…it’s filled with forests but only up to a point. If you go past that point, the trees are very rare and the rock starts to dominate the landscape.

King’s Canyon National Park - burned out tree trunks have fallen in new grass.
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Fires do lots of damage in the High Sierra mountains. However, the park rangers don’t see it as damage anymore and they only try to contain the fires rather than putting them out. This way there lots of natural fertilizer left in the wake of a fire. I don’t believe they would be able to put the fires out anyway…this place is way to big

King’s Canyon National Park - lonely tree that has survived a recent fire.
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King’s Canyon National Park - Tourist Verdict

Just a spectacular place for everyone! This place has something for everyone…for the avid backbacker and for a family with small children…there are lots of fun things to do.

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