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America’s National Parks

Puzzle 59 · California · Page 85 in print

Sequoia and Kings Canyon

Moro Rock, a large granite dome, looms thousands of feet above the highway as visitors enter Sequoia National Park. A concrete and stone stairway climbs more than 350 steps to its top.

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Two giant sequoias (one with fire scar) and nearby shrubs with golden/red autumn color

Giant sequoias in Redwood Mountain Grove.

NPS Photo - Anthony Caprio · Public domain (U.S. federal government work) · Original record
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A grassy Zumwalt meadow in foreground, with talus rock walls and steep mountains in the background.

Zumwalt Meadow and the granite walls of Kings Canyon.

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The words

  1. Big Stump

    Big Stump Grove, the former logging site retaining old-growth stumps and regenerated young sequoias.

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  2. Cedar Grove

    Cedar Grove, the Kings Canyon area with trails along the Kings River.

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  3. Charles Young

    Captain Charles Young, the officer who became acting park superintendent in summer 1903.

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  4. Crystal Cave

    Crystal Cave, the Sequoia marble cavern with fragile formations.

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  5. Fire Scar

    A fire scar, the dated injury record left on a tree after it survives and heals from fire.

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  6. General Grant

    The General Grant Tree, the Grant Grove sequoia celebrated as the nation’s Christmas tree.

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  7. Giant Forest

    Giant Forest, the large unlogged sequoia grove between forks of the Kaweah River.

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  8. Giant Sequoia

    Giant sequoia, the enormous tree with distinctive red-orange bark in these forests.

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  9. Kaweah

    The Kaweah River, whose snowmelt-fed Marble Fork flows through Lodgepole Campground.

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  10. Kings River

    The Kings River, whose South Fork runs through the Cedar Grove canyon.

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  11. Mineral King

    Mineral King, the Sequoia destination linked to Giant Forest by a trail improved during Young’s tenure.

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  12. Moro Rock

    Moro Rock, the large granite dome above the road entering Sequoia National Park.

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  13. Sherman Tree

    The General Sherman Tree, the Giant Forest sequoia described as the world’s largest tree by volume.

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  14. Sugar Pine

    Sugar pine, a conifer found with giant sequoias in these park groves.

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  15. Tunnel Log

    Tunnel Log, the fallen giant sequoia cut with a drive-through tunnel on Crescent Meadow Road.

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Sources

  1. Exploring Giant Sequoia Groves - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  2. Cedar Grove Trails - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  3. Brigadier General Charles Young, Early Park Superintendent - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  4. Crystal Cave - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  5. Giant Sequoias and Fire - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  6. Giant Sequoias - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  7. Giant Forest and Lodgepole - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  8. Cedar Grove - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  9. Moro Rock & Other Granite Domes - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service
  10. The Myth of the Tree You Can Drive Through - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksNational Park Service

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