In the heart of California, the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are home to some of the tallest trees on the planet.

A dawn redwood planted in 1954 stands about 86 feet tall and 3.9 feet in diameter at Michigan State University's Beal ...

Los Angeles had 2,443 bad air days during the same period Along with neighboring Kings Canyon and Yosemite, Sequoia National Park helped spur the creation of the National Park System. Visitors travel ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

With 28 National parks in California, you can truly find something for everyone to see and enjoy. California National Pa ...

There are hundreds of miles of trails in Sequoia National Park suitable for all abilities ... a paved 2.7-mile loop that begins near the General Sherman Tree, is a big hit with visitors, who ...

There are a series of hikes in the Giant Forest, ranging from short one-hour jaunts to daylong treks; the National Park Service lists ... the famous General Sherman Tree, the largest living ...

Sequoia National Park is home to Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the Lower 48, and General Sherman, a 275-foot tall and 36-foot-wide giant sequoia – the largest tree on earth by volume. Just ...