General Grant Grove, a section of the greater Kings Canyon National Park, was established by the U.S. Congress in 1890 and is located in Fresno County, California. The primary attraction of General Gr
General Grant Grove in August 2018
General Grant tree (July 2023)
Giant Trees in General Grant Grove
The base of the General Grant tree
The Giant Forest, famed for its giant sequoia trees, is within the United States' Sequoia National Park in California, United States. This montane forest, situated at over 6,000 ft above mean sea leve
General Grant Grove
…the region. In 1846, Hale Tharp, a disenchanted miner who hoped to establish a cattle ranch in the region, became the first white settler to enter the Giant Forest that would later constitute Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Tharp carved a shelter out of a fallen sequoia tree and began to raise cattle…
Giant sequoia trees in the Giant Forest, March 2019
Former Cabin A at Giant Village Lodge, Sequoia National Park, California, USA (demolished)
Buffalo American Soldiers
General Sherman, the most massive tree in the world