KING’S CANYON NATIONAL PARK

King’s Canyon National Park is in the southern part, and along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. It is a rugged glacier-carved valley more than a mile deep. It is surrounded by multiple 14,000-foot peaks, swift-flowing rivers, and complimented by some of the world’s largest giant Sequioa trees. One being the General Grant, which measured by trunk volume is the second largest tree in the world.

It was a full day trip to descend into the valley and travel the length of the 31 mile King’s Canyon Scenic Byway (each way) from the entrance of the park to Kanawyers Loop where the road ends, and back. Of course multiple stops were made to take in as much of the beauty as possible. The icing on the cake was upon ascending out of the valley at the end of the day to be blessed with a mesmerizing sunset that spanned the distant mountain ranges.