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Kings Canyon National Park

A granite canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon, plus groves of giant sequoia.

• 204named trails
• 693trail miles mapped
• Californialocation

Popular hikes in Kings Canyon

• Roaring River Falls · about 0.3 mi · Easy
• General Grant Loop · about 0.5 mi · Easy
• Big Stump Loop · about 1 mi · Easy
• Panoramic Point · about 0.5 mi · Easy
• Zumwalt Meadow · about 1.5 mi · Easy
• North Grove Loop · about 1.5 mi · Moderate
• Mist Falls · about 8 mi · Moderate
• Hotel Creek · about 5 mi · Strenuous
• Rae Lakes Loop · about 41.4 mi · Strenuous

Best months to visit

• August: The deepest canyon in the Sierra is at its best when Cedar Grove is open and the high country is snow-free, from the Rae Lakes Loop to Mist Falls.

Permits and reservations

No reservation is required to enter Kings Canyon or Sequoia. An entrance fee is collected at the entrance stations (or buy a pass online to skip the line). Camping, lodging and cave tours do need reservations.

• Wilderness permits (quota season): Required for overnight trips. Quota-season permits can be reserved up to 6 months ahead and release daily at 7 a.m. Pacific. Outside quota season, permits are self-issued at trailhead kiosks.
• Campgrounds: Reservations are required for camping in the park's campgrounds. Book on Recreation.gov.

Entrance fees

• Private Vehicle: $35
• Per Person: $20
• Motorcycle: $30
• Non-commercial Groups: $20

Official park site: nps.gov

All 204 trails in Kings Canyon

• Amphitheater Access Path (east section) · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Avalanche Pass - Sphinx · 10.96 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Avalanche Pass Roaring River · 12.12 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Avalanche Pass Trail · 23.1 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Azalea · 3.22 mi round trip · Moderate
• Azalea to Swale · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
• Baxter Pass · 9.24 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Bell Canyon - Comanche Cutoff · 3.1 mi round trip · Easy
• Bell Canyon Entrance · 2.92 mi round trip · Moderate
• Belle Canyon and Cut-off · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
• Belle Canyon Entrance Trail · 5.92 mi round trip · Moderate
• Bench Lake · 4 mi round trip · Easy
• Beville Lake · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Big Baldy · 4.42 mi round trip · Moderate
• Big Stump · 1.56 mi round trip · Easy
• Big Stump - East of 180 · 1.66 mi round trip · Easy
• Big Stump - Sawed Tree · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
• Big Stump -Feather Beds · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
• Big Stump -Shattered Giant · 0.34 mi round trip · Easy
• Bishop Pass Trail · 17.4 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Blue Canyon · 12.38 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Bubbs Creek · 12.26 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Bubbs Creek Switchbacks · 4.18 mi round trip · Moderate
• Buena Vista · 1.98 mi round trip · Easy
• Bullfrog Lake · 4.6 mi round trip · Moderate
• Cartridge Pass Path · 6.3 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Cedar Grove Bike Path · 1.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Cedar Grove Day Ride Loops · 3.58 mi round trip · Easy
• Cedar Grove North Side · 9.74 mi round trip · Moderate
• Cedar Grove Overlook · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
• Cedar Grove Pack Station - Hotel Creek Back Trail · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
• Cedar Grove River · 2.98 mi round trip · Easy
• Cedar Grove Roads End - Sand Flats Stock · 0.76 mi round trip · Easy
• Cedar Grove Sand Flats · 3.74 mi round trip · Easy
• Cedar Trail · 2.46 mi round trip · Easy
• Center Basin · 2.88 mi round trip · Moderate
• Charlotte Lake · 3.38 mi round trip · Moderate
• Cloud Canyon · 13.24 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Colby Pass North · 8.94 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Copper Creek Trail · 15.38 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Corrals Trail · 2.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Crystal Spring - Grant Grove Stables · 1.02 mi round trip · Easy
• Crystal Spring (east section) · 1.36 mi round trip · Easy
• Crystal Spring (west section) · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
• Crystal Springs · 1.76 mi round trip · Easy
• Deadman Canyon · 12.24 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Deer Cove Trail · 9.02 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Don Cecil · 9.8 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Dorst/Lost Grove · 4.18 mi round trip · Moderate
• Dragon Lake Trail · 1.48 mi round trip · Easy
• Dusy Basin · 6.88 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Dusy Switchbacks · 6.36 mi round trip · Strenuous
• East Lake · 5.5 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Elizabeth Pass North · 8.52 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Elizabeth Pass South · 3.8 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Elizabeth Pass Trail · 30.06 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Ella Falls · 2.52 mi round trip · Moderate
• Evolution Basin · 13.52 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Evolution Creek Alternate Crossing · 1.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Evolution Valley · 15 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Forester Pass South · 10.24 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Frypan Entrance · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
• Gamlin Cabin to Day Ride · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
• Gardiner Basin Trail · 18.5 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• General Grant Tree · 0.5 mi loop · Easy
• Giant Forest - Local · 1.82 mi round trip · Easy
• Glen Pass South · 4.18 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Goddard Canyon · 10.1 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Goddard Meadow Trail · 3.94 mi round trip · Moderate
• Granite Basin · 6.56 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Granite Lake · 1.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Granite Pass North · 11.52 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Grant Grove Amphitheater · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
• Grant Grove Day Ride · 5.34 mi round trip · Moderate
• Grant Grove Day Ride - North Grove Connector · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
• Grant Grove Dead Giant Loop · 0.56 mi loop · Easy
• Grant Grove North Boundary · 5.28 mi round trip · Moderate
• Grant Grove North Grove · 2.46 mi round trip · Easy
• Grant Tree to Day Ride · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Grizzly Lake · 0.74 mi round trip · Easy
• Grouse Lake · 1.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Harrison Pass Trail · 9.48 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Hell for Sure Pass · 7.4 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Hidden Springs Road · 19.48 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Hitchcock Meadow · 1.74 mi round trip · Easy
• Horseshoe Lakes · 2.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Hotel Creek · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
• Hotel-Creek · 6.04 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Hotel-Lewis Connector · 2.78 mi round trip · Easy
• Hump · 3.02 mi round trip · Moderate
• JO Pass · 3.58 mi round trip · Moderate
• John Dean Cutoff · 5.34 mi round trip · Strenuous
• John Muir Trail · 155.52 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Junction Meadow Switchbacks - Bubbs · 4.44 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Junction Pass Trail · 5.92 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Kanawyer Trail · 11.18 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Kanawyers Gap · 7.48 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Kearsarge Lakes · 1.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Kearsarge Pass · 5.7 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Kennedy Canyon · 16.76 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Kennedy Pass South · 7.78 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Kern Kaweah · 15.9 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Kings Canyon Visitor Center to Grant Tree · 1.48 mi round trip · Easy
• Lake 11106 · 3.12 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lake Reflection · 2.22 mi round trip · Easy
• Lake South America · 10.14 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Lakes (east section) · 4.18 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lakes (west section) · 0.62 mi round trip · Easy
• Lamarck Col · 7.08 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Lewis Creek Trail · 20.06 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Lightning Creek · 1.36 mi round trip · Easy
• Little Baldy · 3.4 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lodgepole CG Access · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
• Lodgepole-Sherman Tree · 3.94 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lone Pine Trail · 4.06 mi round trip · Moderate
• Long Meadow Loop · 2.92 mi round trip · Easy
• Lost Lake · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
• Lower Copper Creek Switchbacks · 8.74 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Lower Goddard Canyon · 7.12 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lower Grant Grove Fire Road - Lion Meadow · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
• Lower Grant Grove Fire Road - North Grove Loop · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
• Lower Grant Grove Fire Road - Sunset Loop · 3.74 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lower Grant Grove Fire Road | North Grove Loop | Lion Meadow · 0.74 mi round trip · Easy
• Lower LeConte Canyon · 6.88 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lower Lewis Creek · 3.84 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lower Middle Fork Kings · 21.68 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Lower Sixty Lakes Basin · 4.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Manzanita · 3.62 mi round trip · Moderate
• Martha Lake · 5.6 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Michigan Tree · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
• Mist Falls · 6.84 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Mitchell Peak Trail · 5.8 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Muir Grove · 4.98 mi round trip · Moderate
• Muir Grove-Dorst Creek · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
• Muir Rock · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
• Muro Blanco · 4.06 mi round trip · Moderate
• Old Panoramic Point · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Old Panoramic Point ADA · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Palisade Creek · 14.16 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Palisade Lakes · 7.52 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Panoramic Point ADA · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
• Panther Gap-Lakes · 3.58 mi round trip · Moderate
• Paradise Valley · 7.54 mi round trip · Moderate
• Park Ridge · 4.34 mi round trip · Moderate
• Park Ridge Fire Road · 5.68 mi round trip · Moderate
• Pear Lake Ranger Station · 0.68 mi round trip · Easy
• Pinchot Pass North · 8.7 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Pinchot Pass South (north section) · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Pinchot Pass South (south section) · 14.98 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Rae Lakes · 41.4 mi loop · Strenuous
• Ranger Lake · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
• Redwood Canyon · 4.3 mi round trip · Moderate
• Redwood Canyon Big Springs · 7.34 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Redwood Canyon Hart Tree · 9.52 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Redwood Canyon Sugar Bowl · 8.96 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Roaring River Falls · 3.9 mi round trip · Moderate
• Roaring River Falls West Side · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
• Round Meadow · 1.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Sawmill Pass · 6.38 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Seville Lake · 2.24 mi round trip · Easy
• Shepherd Pass · 6.92 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Silliman Pass North · 10.14 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Silliman Pass South · 5.98 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Silliman Pass Trail · 15.82 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Simpson Meadow Trail · 6.02 mi round trip · Moderate
• South Boundary · 2.04 mi round trip · Easy
• South Side Cedar Grove Sand Flats · 4.46 mi round trip · Easy
• State Lakes Loop · 8.32 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Sugarloaf Entrance · 4.4 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Sugarloaf Valley · 14.98 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Sunset · 3.3 mi round trip · Moderate
• Swale-South Boundary · 2.48 mi round trip · Easy
• Taboose Pass · 4.92 mi round trip · Moderate
• Tehipite Switchbacks · 9.2 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Tehipite Trail · 38.84 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• The Bitch · 11.66 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Tokapah Falls · 3.76 mi round trip · Moderate
• Twin Lakes · 9.9 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Tyndall Ranger Station · 1.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Upper Basin · 11.12 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Upper Blue Canyon · 5.4 mi round trip · Moderate
• Upper Bubbs Creek - Forester Pass North · 10.22 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Upper Copper Creek Switchbacks · 6.72 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Upper Kern -Tyndall Cutoff · 6.06 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Upper Kern Canyon · 9.14 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Upper LeConte Canyon · 15.94 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Upper Lewis Creek · 8.14 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Upper Middle Fork Kings · 15.94 mi round trip · Very strenuous
• Upper Sixty Lakes Basin · 3.42 mi round trip · Moderate
• Vidette Meadow · 6.36 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Vidette Switchbacks · 3.72 mi round trip · Moderate
• Volcanic Lakes · 3.78 mi round trip · Moderate
• Watchtower · 3.86 mi round trip · Moderate
• Woods Creek · 10.3 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Woods Creek Crossing - Dollar Lake · 8.02 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Wright Creek · 2.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Wuksachi · 3 mi round trip · Easy
• Wuksachi Access Path · 1.48 mi round trip · Easy
• Wuksachi Pkg Path · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
• Zumwalt Meadow Forest · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
• Zumwalt Meadow Loop Trail · 3 mi round trip · Moderate
• Zumwalt Meadow Parking - Bridge · 0.54 mi round trip · Easy
• Zumwalt Meadow Talus · 0.76 mi round trip · Easy
• Zumwalt Meadow to Roads End · 1.28 mi round trip · Easy

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