Sequoia National Park Map
The 275 foot tall General Sherman Tree, tthe largest living tree in
the world is estimated to weigh almost 1500 tons and is located in the
Giant Forest inside the Sequoia National Park.
Sequoia National Park is
a national
park in the southern Sierra
Nevada, east of Visalia,
California in the United
States of America. Formed in 1890. the park contains among its natural resources
the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States,
Mount
Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421.1 meters) above sea level. The park is adjacent
to
Kings
Canyon National Park; the two are administered by the National
Park Service as one unit, called Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.