Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
California
Tonight
🌗 34% moon
6.9 h fully dark
Hikes
Easy–Strenuous
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Open today
Open
Entrance
$35
A Couple Small Roads Closed During Repairs to Past Storm Damage
These roads are closed due to roadway damage during past storm events and/or repairs to roadway damage: Middle Fork Rd, South Fork Rd.
Fire Restrictions in Place
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions are in effect. Wood and charcoal fires are prohibited at all low-elevation campgrounds and picnic areas. Additional restrictions apply. Click "more" for details.
Official NPS alert →Huge mountains, rugged foothills, deep canyons, vast caverns, and the world’s largest trees exemplify the diversity of landscapes, life, and beauty here. Explore these pages to plan your visit or to learn about the plants and animals here and the threats they face. Ancient giant sequoias may seem invincible, but they, too are vulnerable.
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Entrance fees
$35.00 — Entrance - Private Vehicle
$20.00 — Entrance - Per Person
$30.00 — Entrance - Motorcycle
$20.00 — Entrance - Non-commercial Groups
$100.00 — Commercial Entrance - Mini-bus
$200.00 — Commercial Entrance - Motor Coach
$20.00 — Commercial Entrance - Per Person
$100.00 — Nonresident
Hours & seasons
The parks are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Some park roads and roads that access more remote parts of the parks close in the winter due to snow accumulation. Rarely, extreme weather conditions may cause roads into the parks to be closed.
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 5595653341
✉ SEKI_information@nps.govConditions
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 67°F
☁️ 86°/64°
☁️ 83°/63°
⛅ 85°/65°
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Live conditions
Giant Forest ↗active
Things to do
Monarch Lake · 10 mi · 2867 ft gain
Eagle and Mosquito Lakes · 2 mi · 3000 ft gain
🔴 Cold Springs Nature Trail · 3 mi · 500 ft gain
🟢 Roaring River Falls · 3.9 mi
🟢 Road's End
🟢 Mist Falls · 8 mi
Zumwalt Meadow · 3 mi
Big Stump · 2 mi · 16 ft gain
Campgrounds
Atwell Mill Campground ↗ · 21 sites
Azalea Campground ↗ · 110 sites
Buckeye Flat Campground ↗ · 27 sites
Canyon View Group Campground ↗ · 16 sites
Cold Springs Campground ↗ · 40 sites
Crystal Springs Campground ↗ · 35 sites
Crystal Springs Campground Group Sites ↗ · 14 sites
Dorst Creek Campground ↗ · 222 sites
Lodgepole Campground ↗ · 214 sites · dump station
Moraine Campground ↗ · 121 sites
Potwisha Campground ↗ · 42 sites · dump station
Sentinel Campground ↗ · 82 sites
Sheep Creek Campground ↗ · 111 sites
South Fork Campground
Sunset Campground ↗ · 158 sites
Visitor centers
Cedar Grove Visitor Center
Foothills Visitor Center
Giant Forest Museum
Kings Canyon Visitor Center
Lodgepole Visitor Center
Mineral King Ranger Station
Accessibility
6 accessible campground(s)
167 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Parking
Auto Log Parking
Big Baldy Trailhead · 19 accessible spaces
Big Stump Picnic Area and Snowplay · 38 accessible spaces
Bubbs Creek / Rae Lakes Trailhead
Buena Vista Trailhead · 8 accessible spaces
Cedar Grove Visitor Center · 54 accessible spaces
Copper Creek Trailhead
Crescent Meadow Parking
Crescent Meadow Parking Lot
Crystal Cave Parking Lot
Foothills Visitor Center
Foothills Visitor Center Lower Lots
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
Trail profile
Each dot is a trail — distance vs. elevation gain, by difficulty.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks — each spans a cross-park journey.
Brigadier General Charles Young
— Early Buso, Power Buso, WWI BusoRosalie Edge
— Women's History, Conservation, Olympic National Park National Park ServiceSusan Thew
— Photography, Conservation Movement, Women's HistoryWilliam Vandever
— MilitaryPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Cedar Grove Visitor Center
🎫 Foothills Visitor Center
🎫 Giant Forest Museum
🎫 Kings Canyon Visitor Center
🎫 Lodgepole Visitor Center
🎫 Mineral King Ranger Station
Places to see
"Tharp's Log" Wayside
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A Changed Scene
audio
A Forest from Fire
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A Giant's Footprint
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A Graceful Grouping
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A Living Shrine
audio
A Monarch
audio
A Natural Process
audio
Amphitheater Point
audio
Ash Mountain Entrance Station
audio
Aspen Hollow Campground
Atwell-Hockett Trailhead
audioAudio & media
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Recipients of the 2002 NPS Environmental Achievement Awards
Recipients of the 2003 Environmental Achievement Awards
Recipients of the 2009 Environmental Achievement Awards
Discover the innovative and exciting programs of the recipients of the national and regional 2011 Freeman Tilden Awards for excellence in interpretation.
Recipients of the 2012 NPS Environmental Achievement Awards
The 2021 fire season included two large wildfires (both started by the same lightning storm in early September) that burned into a large number of giant sequoia groves. Given the impacts of the 2020 Castle Fire to sequoia groves, where losses were estimated at 10-14% of the entire Sierra Nevada population of sequoia trees over 4 feet in diameter, there is significant concern by sequoia managers and the public regarding the impacts of these new fires.
The 2021 fire season included two large wildfires (both started by the same lightning storm in early September) that burned into a large number of giant sequoia groves. This species has a limited distribution, covering just ~28,000 acres in ~70 groves on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
The National Park Service is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2022 George and Helen Hartzog Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service.
How Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks connects
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