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Virtual Guidebook to
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
and the Southern Sierra
Fresno and Tulare Counties, California
Fullscreen Panoramas
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Round Meadow in Giant Forest.
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Table of Contents - Fullscreens
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(listed from northwest to southeast)
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Big Stump Grove (3)
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General Grant Grove (2)
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Converse Basin, Stump Meadow (5)
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Indian Creek and Hume Lake (1)
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The Kings River Highway (6)
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Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon (5)
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Zumwalt Meadows (4)
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South Fork of the Kings River (5)
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The Generals Highway (1)
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Tokopah Valley (3)
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Muir Grove (3)
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Giant Forest (4)
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Crescent Meadow (6)
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Moro Rock (4)
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Kaweah River Approach (1)
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Mineral King Road (6)
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Mineral King (4)
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Sawtooth Pass (8)
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Tehachapi Pass (2)
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Next: East of the Sierra - Fullscreens
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Complete Listing of Fullscreen Panoramas
listed from northwest to southeast
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The Big Stump Grove
- Snow on the Kings Canyon Highway, above Miramonte. (3-4-06)
- The Burnt Monarch in the Big Stump Grove. (6-17-01)
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A huge pile of sawdust remains after more than a century. (6-17-01)
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The stump of the Mark Twain Tree, cut for exhibition. (6-17-01)
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The General Grant Grove of Giant Sequoias
- The General Grant Tree, from the official "photo point". (6-15-01)
- The General Grant Tree from the official photo point in winter. (3-4-06)
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The Oregon and California Trees, in Grant Grove. (6-15-01)
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- The Oregon and California Trees in winter snow. (3-4-06)
- The Fallen Monarch in winter. (3-4-06)
- Converse Basin and Stump Meadow
- Looking over the McGee Fire area from the Kings Canyon Highway. (3-4-06)
- Converse Basin, once the largest Sequoia grove, but almost completely logged. (6-15-01)
- A stump-filled meadow in Converse Basin. (6-15-01)
- Looking out over the lower canyon of the Kings River, from near the Boole Tree. (6-16-01)
- Stump Meadow in Converse Basin. (6-16-01)
- A hollow log in Stump Meadow, Converse Basin. (6-16-01)
- Indian Creek and Hume Lake
- Indian Creek Meadow, east of Converse Basin. (6-15-01)
- The lower end of Indian Creek Meadow in winter. (3-4-06)
- Winter at the Hume Lake Christian Camps. (3-4-06)
- The Kings River Highway
- Above Yucca Point on the Kings Highway. (5-20-01)
- Wildflowers near Yucca Point on the Kings Highway. (5-20-01)
- Just above the gorge of the South Fork on the Kings River Highway. (5-20-01)
- Horseshoe Bend on the South Fork Kings River. (5-20-01)
- Towering limestone cliffs at Boyden Cavern. (5-21-01)
- The South Fork of the Kings River below Kings Canyon. (5-20-01)
- Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon
- Incense cedars along the Kings River in Kings Canyon. (5-20-01)
- Muir's Pulpit on the South Fork of the Kings River. (5-20-01)
- John Muir gave lectures from this very point. (5-20-01)
- Roaring River Falls in spring. (5-21-01)
- Knapps Cabin, a relic of early tourism in Kings Canyon. (5-21-01)
- Zumwalt Meadows in Kings Canyon
- Zumwalt Meadows in Kings Canyon. (5-20-01)
- Zumwalt Meadows, on the Kings River in Kings Canyon. (5-20-01)
- Talus piles on the south side of Zumwalt Meadows. (5-20-01)
- Footbridge across the South Fork Kings River. (5-20-01)
- Along the South Fork of the Kings River
- Kings Canyon upstream from Zumwalt Meadows. (5-21-01)
- The Bailey bridge over the Kings River at Bubbs Creek. (5-21-01)
- The canyon of the South Fork at the top of Kings Canyon. (5-21-01)
- Mist Falls on the Kings River, near the top. (5-21-01)
- The cataract at the top of Mist Falls, Kings River. (5-21-01)
- The Generals Highway
- Lost Grove straddles the Generals Highway. (8-11-03)
- Tokopah Valley
- The Marble Fork of the Kaweah River, in Tokopah Valley. (6-16-01)
- On the trail to Tokopah Falls. (6-16-01)
- At the base of Tokopah Falls, early summer. (6-16-01)
- Muir Grove
- Approaching Muir Grove, from the granite dome to the east. (8-11-03)
- A dense grouping of mature Sequoias, Muir Grove. (8-11-03)
- A large Sequoia burnt entirely through at its base. (8-11-03)
- Giant Forest
- Four giant Sequoias flank the road entering Giant Forest. (6-18-01)
- The Sentinel Tree in front of the Giant Forest Visitor Center. (8-11-03)
- On the east side of Round Meadow. (8-11-03)
- Medium size Sequoias on the north side of Round Meadow. (8-11-03)
- Crescent Meadow
- The Drive-Through Log on the Crescent Meadow Road. (6-18-01)
- Wildflowers in Crescent Meadow. (6-18-01)
- A Sequoia log that has fallen into Crescent Meadow. (6-18-01)
- Huckleberry Meadow, near Crescent Meadow. (6-18-01)
- Log Meadow, named for Tharp's Log. (6-18-01)
- Tharp's Log, a pioneer cabin built into a hollow log. (6-18-01)
- Moro Rock
- The view opens up as one ascends Moro Rock. (6-18-01)
- Stairs and ramps take one safely to the top of Moro Rock. (6-18-01)
- Looking toward the Great Western Divide, from the top of Moro Rock. (6-18-01)
- At the summit of Moro Rock. (6-18-01)
- The viewpoint over the Kaweah River Canyon, Moro Rock. (6-18-01)
- The Kaweah River Approach to Sequoia Park
- Lake Kaweah in the foothills. (6-19-01)
- Mineral King Road
- The road to Mineral King winds for many miles through the rugged foothills. (6-18-01)
- Panorama Point at the park boundary on the Mineral King Road. (6-19-01)
- The site of Atwell Mill, where Sequoias were cut in the nineteenth century. (6-19-01)
- Footbridge over the east Fork of the Kaweah River, near Atwell Mill. (6-19-01)
- Prescribed burning has opened up many of the Sequoia groves. (6-19-01)
- The Kaweah River Canyon just below Mineral King. (6-19-01)
- Mineral King
- Downtown Mineral King, just a scattering of cabins. (6-19-01)
- At the base of the Sawtooth Pass trail in Mineral King. (6-19-01)
- The Mineral King Valley, past the end of the road. (6-19-01)
- Extensive meadows in the Mineral King valley. (6-19-01)
- The Sawtooth Pass Trail
- Just above Groundhog Meadow on the Sawtooth Pass trail. (8-10-03)
- On a rocky spur below Monarch Lake. (8-8-03)
- Evening at the foot of Sawtooth Pass. (8-8-03)
- Nightfall at Monarch Lake. (8-8-03)
- Moonlight at Monarch Lake. (8-9-03)
- The steep sandy switchbacks up to Sawtooth Pass. (8-9-03)
- At the summit of Sawtooth Pass. (8-9-03)
- On the divide between Sawtooth Pass and Glacier Pass. (8-9-03)
- Tehachapi Pass
- Oak parkland on the Tejon Ranch, Tehachapi Pass highway. (3-23-00)
- The Monolith cement plant, at Tehachapi Pass. (3-23-00)
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