Sequoia National Park

• Location: Tulare County, CA
• Area: 404,051 acres
• Established: Sept 25, 1890

Sequoia National Park is part of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range. The park's Giant Forest is home to five of the ten largest trees in the world, including the largest, the General Sherman tree. Eighty-four percent of the park's area is preserved as roadless wilderness, accessible only by foot or horse. Park attractions include Moro Rock, a large granite dome, and Crystal Cave, the only one of Sequoia's 240 caves that is open to the public

2012 National Parks Calendar

• • Hawai'i Volcanoes
• • Congaree National Park
• • Cuyahoga Valley National Park
• • Glacier National Park
• • Crater Lake National Park
• • Great Sand Dunes National Park
• • Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• • Acadia National Park
• • Big Bend National Park
• • Dry Tortugas National Park
• • Sequoia National Park
• • Arches National Park