Sequoia National Park

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Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California , in the United States . It was established on September 25, 1890. The park spans 404,063 acres (631.35 sq mi; 1,635.18 km 2 ). Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, Mount Whitney , at 14,505 feet (4,421 m) above sea level.

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Many park visitors enter Sequoia National Park through its southern entrance near the town of Three Rivers at Ash Mountain at 1,700 ft (520 m) elevation. The lower elevations around Ash Mountain contain the only National Park , consisting of blue oak woodlands, foothills chaparral, grasslands, yucca plants, and steep, mild river valleys. The foothills region is also home to abundant wildlife: bobcats, foxes, ground squirrels, rattlesnakes, and mule deer are commonly seen in this area, and more rarely, reclusive mountain lions are seen as well.

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The park is famous for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman tree , one of the largest trees on Earth . The General Sherman tree grows in the Giant Forest , which contains five out of the ten largest trees in the .

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Crescent Meadow is a small, sequoia-rimmed meadow in the Giant Forest region of Sequoia National Park. This sierran montane meadow marks the western terminus of the High Sierra Trail, which stretches from the meadow across the Great Western Divide to Mount Whitney. Pioneer Hale Tharp homesteaded in this and nearby Log Meadow. Conservationist John Muir visited this meadow many times and praised it highly calling it the "Gem of the Sierras". The meadow lies at the end of a three-mile paved road which leaves the Generals Highway near the Giant Forest Museum .

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Moro Rock is a granite dome located in the center of the park, at the head of Moro Creek, between Giant Forest and Crescent Meadow. A 400-step stairway, built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, is cut into and poured onto the rock, so that visitors can hike to the top. The stairway is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The view from the rock encompasses much of the Park, including the Great Western Divide. It has an elevation of 6,725 feet (2,050 m).

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Tunnel Log is a tunnel cut through a fallen giant sequoia tree in Sequoia National Park. The tree, which measured 275 feet (84 m) tall and 21 feet (6.4 m) in diameter, fell across a park road in 1937 due to natural causes. The following year, a crew cut an 8-foot (2.4 m) tall, 17-foot (5.2 m) wide tunnel through the trunk, making the road passable again.

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Sequoia national park this surprising and very beautiful place. The park with such big trees is not present more anywhere in the world. In this park there are trees which reach in height about 100 meters and it more then one thousand years. On this park conduct tours by special cars that tourists could admire high trees. And the most beautiful tree in this park is the mahogany it is considered a park symbol. This unique park wins first place by quantity of trees in the world. I very much want to visit this surprising place!

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THANKS student of the grade 7 G Stikharyov Yuriy