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Sequoia National Park is a four season’s feast that ranges from colorful wildflowers in the spring to summer greens, fall foliage for leaf peeping and winter snows. But the main attraction is the Sequoia forests and groves. Many groves of the remarkable giant sequoia are found scattered along the moist, west-facing slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains, between elevations of 5,000 and 7,000 feet. The scale and grandeur of these reddish giants is quite stunning, and the park has many easy foot trails that wind through the woody groves leading to quiet undisturbed places, ideal to contemplate the ambience of the forest.

The Giant Sequoia Forest is one of the most popular attractions in the park.  On the ascent to the forest there are several great viewpoints over the continuation of Middle Fork Canyon far below. The scenery changes gradually from bushes to small oak trees, to forests of fir, pine and cedar, and finally sequoias; at first these are scattered and relatively small, although still of distinctive color and much larger than the neighboring trees, but quite suddenly the giants are all around, towering above everything else. This is the Giant Forest, centerpiece of Sequoia National Park - an area also including Moro Rock, a granite dome that affords one of the best views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Grant Grove Village is one of the original structures built in the late 1800’s in what today is Kings Canyon National Park, adjacent to Sequoia National Park. Within the village you will find a gift shop, espresso bar, market, and ATM’s.  The Grant Grove Restaurant offers family-friendly dining featuring American cuisine, while The Pizza Parlor is open during the summer months for a quick bite between park activities.

Lodging options here include the historic Grant Grove Cabins. These cabins provide guests with a convenient location from which to explore both Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park.  Six types of cabins are available for you to choose from. The Duplex Cabins, and Single Cabin with Bath are open year round while the Camp Cabins, Oversized Cabins, and Rustic Cabins are open May through November. Tent Cabins are open June through September.

To make your Grant Grove Cabin reservations today call National Park Reservations at 1-866-845-8756. Or log on at  www.nationalparkreservations.com/sequoia_grant_grove.htm for easy online reservations!

Sequoia National Park is wonderful in the summer. Here you can hike on enchanting trails, taking in the unique sights of the parks protected lands. Sequoia offers visitor services and attractions that make you Sequoia vacation memorable. Among these are:

• The Giant Forest Museum is open daily free of charge, and full of fascinating exhibits, and interactive, hands-on displays that celebrate the life of a Giant Sequoia tree.  Lodgepole Visitor Center is open daily with exhibits and a free slide program on geology and forest life, plus a bookstore for reading material, maps, and keepsakes.  Fishing licenses and wilderness permits are available here.
• The Lodgepole Market and Gift Center is open daily for snacks, groceries, apparel, and souvenirs.
• Wuksachi Lodge is open daily with exquisite alpine dining for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  The cocktail lounge is also open daily, as well as a Native American themed retail shop.
• Crystal Cave is open daily for 45 minute guided tours of fascinating, up-close views of limestone that has been metamorphosed into marble, curtains of icicle-like stalactites and mounds of stalagmites.  Tickets are sold (only) at the Lodgepole or Foothills Visitor Centers.
• Park Visitor Centers offer exhibits, books, maps, fishing licenses, and local wilderness permits.

For Sequoia lodging reservations please give National Park Reservations a call at 1-866-875-8456 or log on at: www.nationalparkreservations.com/sequoia.htm for easy online reservations.