Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

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Sequoia & Kings

Canyon National Parks

By: Josiah Barker


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These parks arelocated to the East of

the San JoaquinValley. Includingcities like Fresno,

Reedley, and Sanger.They are part of the

Great WesternDivide, also know asthe Sierra Nevadas.Yosemite and Tahoe

are located to theNorth of these

parks.


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Together Sequoia and KingsCanyon parks total over 863,700

acres. Although these parkshave separate names, they are

managed as one park. Soonafter the Civil War numerous

people began to come and visitthe Sequoia National Park.

Sequoia National Parkwas established on

September 25, 1890.This included the areathat is now know as

Kings Canyon NationalPark.


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Sequoia and Kings Canyon Parksare full of many different locations

for visitors to enjoy the beauty ofcreation. Some of these sitesinclude caves and caverns,

giant sequoia trees, vast meadows,steep canyons, tall mountains

(including Mt. Whitney) and manyrivers and lakes.


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There are over 240 known caves in the parks, and thatnumber grows each year with news caves being

discovered. The second largest cave, at 3.4 miles, is

Crystal Cave. This cave is made up of mostly marble rock.It was discovered on April 18, 1918. The cave remains at a

constant temperature of 48 degrees Fahrenheit. Tomaintain the beauty of the cave visitors are only allowed in

with a trained tour guide. If not, the beauty of the cave willvanish because the oils from human hands will harm the

growth of the rocks within the cave.


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Mt Whitney is the largest mountain within thecontiguous United States. The elevation of Mt. Whitneyis 14,505ft. Mt Whitney is made out of granite. Mt

Whitney was named in 1864 after Josiah Whitney. Hewas the State Geologist of California.


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Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks are home to thegiant Sequoia trees. These trees are some of the largest

trees in the world. Including, the General Sherman tree the

biggest tree on earth measuring at 275 ft tall. This is thesame size as an average 26 story building. These trees arebetween 1800 and 2700 years old. Another giant sequoia

named the General Grant tree is also known as our

Nations Christmas tree. On April 28, 1926 PresidentCoolidge designated General Grant as the NationsChristmas Tree. Since then every December there is a

ceremony at the base of the General Grant. In 2004 and2009 my Grandpa was asked to be the minister for the

ceremony. During the ceremony a wreath is laid at thebase of the tree to recognize soldiers who have given their

lives for our country.


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GeneralSherman Tree

Ranger laying

down the wreathat the Christmas

ceremony.


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General Grant

Tree


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Sequoia Wildlife

Coyote

Snake

Mule Deer

Bobcat

Red Tail Hawk

Black Bear


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In July 2006 we went to KingsCanyon National Park. In the

picture above we are standing infront of a fallen tree with massiveroots. To the right, we arestanding at the base of a giantsequoia.


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My family and I had apicnic and enjoyedclimbing the nearby

trees. Unfortunately,these trees easily giveyou splinters, I knowthis from experience.While we were there, Iremember it being niceand cool there.


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At the park, the birdsaren't your usual city

birds. Thesebirds have foe-hawksand everything.

It's awesome upthere!!!


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I chose this topic because I'vebeen to Sequoia & KingsCanyon Parks so many times,and I wanted to stretch my

knowledge about it.

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