Scenic Drives
From your car window, view a wide variety of spectacular landscapes along one of the scenic routes: Kings Canyon Scenic Byway, Generals Highway, Western Divide Highway, and Sherman Pass Road.
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Boyden Cavern
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Boyden Cavern is located in Kings Canyon, Giant Sequoia National Monument, and lies beneath the massive 2,000 foot high marble walls of the famous Kings Gates. The cavern features stalactites,…
Camp Four and Half Cabin
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Camp Four and a Half Cabin is located along the Kings River at an elevation of 1,100 feet in Sequoia National Forest. The cabin sits within Sequoia National Monument, about 60 miles east of Fresno,…
Converse Basin Grove
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Converse Basin Grove gives us a glimpse of a time when Manifest Destiny was the slogan of the day. The axe was king, and engineering feats in the mountains included lumber mills, water flumes, steam…
Dunlap Vista
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Scenic Overlook along State Highway 180, within Sequoia National Forest.
Generals Highway
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Beginning at Highway 180 in Kings Canyon National Park, this scenic route travels through the Giant Sequoia National Monument and then becomes the travel artery through Sequoia National Park to the…
Grizzly Falls Picnic Area
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Grizzly Falls is located within Sequoia National Forest along the Kings River in Kings Canyon. This picnic area is a unique place to get up close to a majestic waterfall. This area provides picnic…
Horse Meadow Campground
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7600-foot elevation. 41 campsites. Near Cherry Hill Road 22S12/23S10. Maximum RV length 22 feet. Campsites on Salmon Creek. Â
Junction View
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Junction View is the most popular turnout along Hwy 180. A breathtaking view of the Western Sierra, a bird-eyes view at the junction of two forks of the Kings River and glimpse into Kings…
Kings Canyon Scenic Byway
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Kings Canyon Scenic By-way is the only vehicle route into the Kings Canyon, one of the deepest canyons in North America. For fifty miles you will travel through many of the Southern Sierra life zones…
Marble Mountain View
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This turn-out gives views of the impressive metamorphosed limestone vein, also known as marble! View the contrast between the unpolished marble and the rocky mountain slopes that surround it while…