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	Kings Canyon National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kings Canyon National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California.
		The park is adjacent to Sequoia National Park; the two are administered by the National Park Service as one unit, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
		The main geographical feature of the park is Kings Canyon, a 4000 feet (1.2 km) deep canyon carved by glaciers and the Kings River out of granite.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kings_Canyon_National_Park (468 words)

	California Guide - Kings Canyon National Park
		The Canyon: Kings Canyon is similar to the Yosemite and Zion National Parks as the central attraction is a deep valley accessible from one end only, surrounded by huge areas of back-country that most people never visit.
		Access: The centrepiece of the park is Kings Canyon, formed by the South Fork of the Kings River - this is the deepest in the US, however most lies outside the Park to the west and forms the boundary between the Sequoia and Sierra National Forests.
		The park also has several groves of giant sequoia trees, found near the southern boundary which is shared with Sequoia National Park - the two are administered as one unit, and have similar scenery except that Sequoia has more of the huge trees.
	www.americansouthwest.net /california/kings_canyon/national_park.html (883 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park
		Kings Canyon was established as a national park in 1940 and adjoins
		Kings Canyon Scenic Byway curves around cliff walls in California's Kings Canyon National Park.
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	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0827709.html (352 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park, California
		Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park are adjacent and administered as one unit.
		A number of the spur roads in Kings Canyon National Park are closed throughout the winter.
		The area of Kings Canyon National Park alone, not including Sequoia National Park, is 722 square miles.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/natparks/kings_c.htm (226 words)

	Golden Gate Photo - Kings Canyon-Sequoia National Park Gallery
		Located in the Kings Canyon portion of the park, these falls pass over the granitic bedrock and boulders along the Roaring River near their confluence with the South Fork of the Kings River.
		Kings Canyon, on the north, includes much of the remote, glacially-carved peaks of the Sierra north of Mount Whitney along with the deeply-incised canyons of the Middle and South Forks of the Kings River.
		Kings Canyon is the deepest canyon in the United States at almost 8,000 feet (2,600 meters).
	www.goldengatephoto.com /westus/kingsequoia.html (629 words)

	Wildernet - Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park
		In 1940, General Grant was absorbed into the new and larger Kings Canyon National Park which eventually grew to include the South Fork of the Kings River and 456,552 acres of backcountry wilderness.
		A small portion of what is now Kings Canyon was originally set aside in 1890 as General Grant National Park.
		Location - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is located in southern California east of Highways 5 and 99.
	areas.wildernet.com /pages/moreinfo.cfm?areaID=CANPSKC (600 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park
		Kings Canyon National Park is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range, south of Yosemite and directly north of and adjoining Sequoia National Park.
		One of the most noteworthy features of the park is the canyon and valley of the Kings River.
		The park features a number of scenic wonders, including some of the largest trees in the world, one of the deepest canyons in the U.S., and some of the highest mountain peaks in the contiguous 48 states.
	www.shannontech.com /ParkVision/KingsCanyon/KingsCanyon.html (2473 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park
		Kings Canyon National Park was predicted to be sunny and bright all through the week, extending beyond the 3-day journey we were about to embark on.
		In particular we wanted to visit the deepest canyon: the Kings River Canyon; get a glimpse of the highest peak: Mount Whitney; and finally visit the lowest and hottest place: Death Valley National Monument.
		The Kings Canyon Scenic Byway starts dropping rapidly from this point on, passing beside the Kings Canyon Lodge, a splash of red thrown in the middle of the greenery, right down to Boyden Cave, at approximately 4000 feet - level with the screaming and meandering Kings River.
	www.varp.net /travel/kings_canyon.html (2179 words)

	American Park Network - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
		Kings Canyon National Park was established in 1940.
		Sharing a common east-west boundary, Sequoia and Kings Canyon measure 66 miles from north to south and 36 miles across at their widest point.
		The National Park Service (NPS) and Sequoia-Kings Canyon Park Services Company (SKCPS) work together to ensure that your visit is a memorable one.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/sk (250 words)

	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are two US national parks in the Southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California.
		The two parks are adjacent, and the National Park Service manages them as one administrative unit.
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sequoia_and_Kings_Canyon_National_Parks (128 words)

	Code Red Report: Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park
		It eventually expanded to protect the South Fork of the Kings River, and became Kings Canyon National Park in 1940.
		Established in 1890, Sequoia is the second-oldest national park in the United States and protects groves of massive, stately sequoia trees now estimated to be 1,800 to 2,700 years old.
		General Grant National Park was set aside the same year and is the third oldest park.
	www.npca.org /across_the_nation/visitor_experience/clear_air/code_red/sequoia.asp (685 words)

	Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
		Be sure to fill your gas tank in one of the communities near the park entrance or at two locations in neighboring national forest areas -- Hume Lake (year-round) and Kings Canyon Lodge (closed in winter).
		Winter closures: The Mineral King area in Sequoia Park and the Cedar Grove area in Kings Canyon Park.
		Rooms in a lodge in Cedar Grove Village, deep in the canyon of Kings Canyon National Park.
	www.hikercentral.com /parks/seki (2453 words)

	AustralianNationalParks.com Kings Canyon National Park
		Most of Watarrka’s visitors come to view the spectacular Kings Canyon with its towering vertical walls and pockets of ‘lush’ vegetation protected in sheltered gullies amidst the vast and harsh desert that surrounds the Park.
		The Kings Canyon walk has many steep sections and is recommended for reasonably fit and healthy walkers.
		There are two walking tracks at the Canyon, both offering visitors an opportunity to escape the crowds and experience first hand the beauty and solitude of the Australian bush.
	www.australiannationalparks.com /northernterritory/kingscanyon (323 words)

	Giant Forest Sequoia National Park, California - Park Highlights California Hiking Trails
		Near the entrance to Kings Canyon National Park, 2½ miles southwest of Grant Grove Village, is the Big Stump Basin Trail.
		The village, nestled in a mile-deep section of Kings Canyon, is near two spectacular granite formations: Grand Sentinel at 8,504 feet in elevation and North Dome at 8,717 feet in elevation.
		Sequoia's neighboring sister park to the east, John Muir described it as "A rival to the Yosemite".
	www.visitsequoia.com /html/discover3.html (1025 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park Sequoia National Park Travel Guide - USA Tourist
		Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks are located adjacent to each other in the central part of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
		The entrance to Kings Canyon lies about 50 miles east of Fresno and the entry to Sequoia is about 35 miles east of Visalia.
		Fresno is about a one-hour drive west of the north entrance to Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon.
	www.usatourist.com /english/places/california/sequoia.html (1107 words)

	Sherpa Guides California Sierra Nevada South Sierra Kings Canyon National Park
		Grant Grove is at the western end of Sequoia-Kings Canyon along Highway 180, near the Big Stump Entrance Station where visitors choose either the Kings Canyon Highway to the left for Kings Canyon or the Generals Highway to the right for Sequoia National Park.
		The park was established in 1940, decades after John Muir and the Sierra Club began a campaign to move it into National Park Service protection.
		With a canyon that drops more than 1.5 miles, it may not be surprising to learn that visitors come to Kings Canyon for the views.
	sherpaguides.com /california/mountains/southern_sierra/kings_canyon_nat_park.html (5439 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park - Sports & Recreation - Kings Cyn Nat Pk, CA, 93633 - Citysearch
		Often overlooked, this 458,847-acre national park that is often overlooked in favor of its highly visited neighbor.
		For those who don't intend to camp out, lodging is available year-round in nearby Sequoia Park's Wuksachi Village (888-252-5757).
		Parking is plentiful and many lots are situated near the campsites themselves.
	fresno.citysearch.com /profile/787297 (462 words)

	Kings Canyon (Watarrka National Park - NT)
		Also part of the grand Uluru vacation, photos from Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park, in the Northern Territory.
		Kings Canyon was the final destination in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
		A road train at Curtain Springs Roadhouse, middle of nowhere, NT Road trains are semi's with multiple trailers, that are everwhere in the NT Mount Conner, on the Curtain Springs station lands (ranch lands)
	homepage.mac.com /norbert_dommel/PhotoAlbum8.html (143 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park
		Once they realized that was probably impossible in the time we had left in the park, they turned their attention to the pieces of driftwood along the bank.
		Probably one of the best aspects of this area of the park are the number of places where you can go down to the river and just sit and watch the water flow by.
		Cedar Grove has several excellent trails in the valley and it is also the starting point for many backcountry trips into the High Sierra Roads End has several large parking lots for backpackers wishing to experience the high country and we saw license plates from as far away as Massachusetts and Vermont.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/9173/cedargrove.html (501 words)

	MSN Encarta - Kings Canyon National Park
		Kings Canyon National Park, east central California, established 1890.
		Find more about Kings Canyon National Park from
		The park is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada range and contains...
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552846/Kings_Canyon_National_Park.html (86 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - mtncorg's Kings Canyon National Park Travel Page
		Of the three Sierran national parks, Kings Canyon NP is probably the least-known.
		For all of the hundreds of miles of trail within Kings Canyon NP, most foot - and horse - traffic is concentrated in a few areas: the Rae Lakes Loop, Kearsarge Pass, the John Muir trail and Bishop Pass.
		In the main area of Kings Canyon NP, CA 180 reaches back 38 miles along the South Fork of the Kings River.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/41c8a/b7f3e (867 words)

	Sequoia and Kings Canyon Lodging
		Kings Canyon National Park was created by Congress on March 4, 1940, and included the tiny General Grant National Park and much additional land north of Sequoia National Park.
		The Sequoia-Kings Canyon Park Services Company is the authorized concessionaire for Kings Canyon National Park, and the Giant Sequoia National Monument of the Sequoia National Forest.
		In 1965, Cedar Grove and Tehipite Valley were added to Kings Canyon National Park, bringing the park to its current dimensions.
	www.sequoia-kingscanyon.com (193 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park: Lodging
		Nestled in Sequoia National Forest, 15 miles north of Giant Forest on the Generals Highway between Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, this quaint lodge offers 11 motel-style rooms with private baths.
		Comfortable accommodations are available at Kings Canyon from Kings Canyon Park Services Company (KCPS).
		This small, quiet lodge on the Kings River is in the eastern section of Kings Canyon in Cedar Grove Village, 31 miles east of Grant Grove Village (60 miles by road from Giant Forest).
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/content.asp?catid=74&contenttypeid=18 (499 words)

	Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon Lodging near Three Rivers, California
		The entrance to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is only 16 miles from the Plantation.
		Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon Lodging near Three Rivers, California
		For over one hundred years, this 4,500 square foot home on twenty acres of orange groves was known as the Mesa Verde Citrus Plantation.
	www.plantationbnb.com (422 words)

	See America's National Parks
		Please note: The National Park Service does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of the materials provided by other agencies or organizations, nor does the NPS endorse other agencies or organizations, their views, products or services.
	nps.seeamerica.org/pmgr?link=http://www.nationalparks.org/PlanYourParkTrip/PlanYourParkTrip-ParkProfile.asp?partnerid=1154 (40 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9045539?tocId=9045539 (550 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park News
		Stump Meadow is in Converse Basin in Kings Canyon National Park and one of the saddest sights anywhere in a national forest.
		The National Park Service is planning to send a search team in the summer to climb Mount Mendel glacier in Kings Canyon National Park and search for bodies of a military airplane crew who crashed there more...
		In October, a couple of hikers in Kings Canyon National Park discovered the body of an airman who military officials now suspect died in a 1942 plane crash.
	www.topix.net /city/kings-canyon-national-park-ca (1139 words)

	Sierra Club Outings Kings Canyon High Route, Kings Canyon National Park, California 05162A
		Cedar Grove is the core of the vehicle-served part of Kings Canyon National Park, and is 85 miles east of Fresno, California, via State Highway 180.
		Climbing high and deep into the heart of the High Sierra in Kings Canyon National Park, this trip features "meadowlands, gnarled trees, water, stone, and a cobalt sky occasionally augmented by towering cumulus clouds," in the words of author and climber Steve Roper.
		The group lobbied Congress for years for the establishment of Kings Canyon National Park.
	www.sierraclub.org /outings/national/brochure/05162A.asp (3117 words)

	Kings Canyon Virtual Travel in 524 images
		King's Canyon was set apart as a National Park on March 4, 1940, with 461,845 acres of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.
		It is immediately adjoining Sequoia National Park which lies to the south and the two parks are jointly administered.
		The part of the park accessible by road is a wide canyon with high mountains on either side.
	www.untraveledroad.com /USA/Parks/Kings.htm (308 words)

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