WELCOME TO SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK

Sunday July 27, 2024

08:00am, depart from Thanh Travels' office at 1969 Tully Road # 50 San Jose, CA 95122.

12:00pm, Sequoia National Park.

04:00pm, leave Sequoia National Park.

        08:00pm, back to Thanh Travels ở 1969 Tully Road # 50 San Jose, CA 95122. All times are estimated.

 En route, when it is necessary we reserve the right to make any changes without prior notice.

Please be adviced to prepare your own meals, we will not stop for breakfast, lunch or dinner due to time limit. However, you can enjoy your lunch under the giant sequoias.   

Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, to protect 631 sq mi of forested mountainous terrain. The park contains the highest point in the United States, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m) above sea level. The park is south of, and contiguous with, Kings Canyon National Park; both parks are administered by the National Park Service together as the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The park is notable for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman Tree.

General Sherman Tree is a giant sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in California, which contains five of the ten largest trees in the world. The General Sherman was named after the American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman. The official story, which may be apocryphal, claims the tree was named in 1879 by naturalist James Wolverton, who had served as a lieutenant in the 9th Indiana Cavalry under Sherman.

By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth, though it is not the tallest, widest or oldest tree. It is estimated to be around 2,200 to 2,700 years old. It's trunk measures more than 100 feet (30 meters) around at its base, at 275 feet (84 meters) hight. Its branches, many measure up to 7 feet (2 meters) in diameter, quite large even compared to the trunks of most trees.

In January 2006 the largest branch on the tree broke off. There were no witnesses to the incident, and the branch – larger than most tree trunks; diameter over 2 m (6.6 ft) and length over 30 m (98 ft) – smashed part of the perimeter fence and cratered the pavement of the surrounding walkway.  

 Walking on the paths in the forest, under the giant sequoias and going through the tree trunks like going through a tunnel, visitors will feel so tiny in the nature.