Welcome to Travel Tuesday! Come check out the Grant Tree and General Sherman Tree Trails in Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Park this week!
Grant Tree + General Sherman Tree Trail
Grant Tree Trail
Distance: 1.3 miles (loop)
Elevation: 121 ft
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 30-40 minutes
Trailhead Address: Crescent Meadow Rd, Sequoia National Park, CA 93262
Parking: Lot available
The Grant Tree Trail showcases a lot of beautiful + ginormous sequoias! It’s a pretty short trail without too much elevation. Midway through the loop, you’ll come across General Grant Tree, one of the largest trees on Earth! Make sure you stay on the trail so you don’t harm the trees’ shallow roots!
General Sherman Tree Trail
Distance: 0.8 miles (out + back)
Elevation: 154 ft
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: <30 minutes
Trailhead Address: General Sherman Tree Car Park, Generals Hwy, Sequoia National Park, CA 93262
Parking: Lot available
The General Sherman Tree Trail is pretty heavily trafficked, so if you’re looking for a short + secluded hike, this isn’t it.
This photo legit doesn’t do it justice, but there was just no way my phone camera could get the whole tree!
Volume-wise, it’s the largest known living single stem tree in the world, so I’d say this is definitely worth a stop! It stands at 275 feet tall and is over 36 feet(!!) in diameter at the base. The tree is believed to be about 2200 years old and 1385 tons. Yes, tons.
- Have you ever been to Kings Canyon or Sequoia National Park?
- What’s the biggest tree you’ve ever seen?
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Thanks for sharing! Looks a lot different than when I saw it as a kid!
I need to go back and explore the other trails! :O I don’t know if I ever went there when I was little, hehehe.
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Wow! Those trees really are ginormous! It’s hard to believe that they would have shallow roots. I hope to get out there and see them someday.
Right? I would’ve thought they’d have to be really deep! I hope you get to go sometime! :]
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Wow, those trees are huge! Having spent my entire life in a tropical region, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sequoia tree up close before.
They were amazing to see! (I’d love to be somewhere tropical right now though! *-*)
Whoa! They are massive. I have always wanted to visit. I was actually planning an epic California adventure right before the pandemic that visited all the must see/hike areas. Can’t wait until things become normal again!
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Aww, I’m sorry! I hope you get to go when things get back to some semblance of normalcy again!! Fingers crossed!
So huge!! Hoping to do a big road trip out through Cali at some point. Can’t wait to see these giants for myself!
I hope you have fun when you go!! :] Let me know if you need any suggestions! :P
These trees are so amazing. I have always wanted to be able to see them. Thanks for such a great post with beautiful pictures!
Thanks for stopping by! They were awesome to get to see–I’d love to go back and camp there!