Sequoia National Park
Home to General Sherman, the largest tree on earth by volume, under the Sierra crest.
- 240named trails
- 633trail miles mapped
- Californialocation
Popular hikes in Sequoia
- General Sherman Trail · about 1 mi · Moderate
- Big Trees Trail · about 1.2 mi · Easy
- Crescent Meadow Loop · about 1.6 mi · Easy
- Congress Trail · about 2.7 mi · Easy
- Moro Rock · about 0.5 mi · Moderate
- Crystal Cave Trail · about 0.9 mi · Moderate
- Tokopah Falls · about 3.8 mi · Moderate
- Marble Falls · about 7.4 mi · Strenuous
- Lakes Trail · about 12.4 mi · Strenuous
- Alta Peak · about 13.8 mi · Strenuous
Permits and reservations
No reservation is required to enter Sequoia or Kings Canyon. 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): Reservable up to 6 months ahead. Permits release daily at 7 a.m. Pacific.
- Campgrounds: Reservations are required for camping in the park's campgrounds. Book on Recreation.gov.
- Crystal Cave tours: Sold only online through the Sequoia Parks Conservancy, at least 36 hours ahead. The park recommends buying 2 months before your visit. No tickets are sold at the cave.
Entrance fees
- Private Vehicle: $35
- Per Person: $20
- Motorcycle: $30
- Non-commercial Groups: $20
Official park site: nps.gov
All 240 trails in Sequoia
- Admiration Point · 1.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Alta · 4.36 mi round trip · Easy
- Alta Meadow · 3.42 mi round trip · Moderate
- Alta Meadow/Peak · 2.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Alta Peak · 13.8 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Alta-High Sierra Cut-off · 4.16 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Alta-Panther Gap · 7.1 mi round trip · Strenuous
- AM Pasture Trails · 1.06 mi round trip · Easy
- AM Waterhead · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Amphitheater Access Path (east section) · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Army Pass · 5.28 mi round trip · Moderate
- Ash Mtn River · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Atwell-Hockett · 21 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Bear Hill · 3.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Bearpaw Cut-off · 3.26 mi round trip · Moderate
- Bearpaw Meadow · 0.7 mi round trip · Easy
- Bears Bathtub · 0.88 mi round trip · Easy
- Beetle Rock · 1.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Beetle Rock Conference Lodge Access · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Beetle Rock Rd Sidewalk Path · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
- 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
- Beville Lake · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Big Arroyo Trail · 17.62 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Big Baldy · 4.42 mi round trip · Moderate
- Big Five-Little Five Lakes · 9.68 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Big Trees · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Bighorn Plateau · 8.56 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Black Rock Pass Trail · 15.58 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Blackrock Pass - Little Five Lakes · 3.16 mi round trip · Moderate
- Blackrock Pass - Pinto Lake · 12.3 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Blossom Lake · 5 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Blossom Lakes Trail · 6.82 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Bobcat Point · 1.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Cahoon Loop · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Cahoon Rock · 5.4 mi round trip · Moderate
- Chagoopa Plateau · 23.78 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Charles Young · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Chief Sequoyah Tree · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Circle Meadow Loops · 3.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Cliff Creek · 6.5 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Cloud Canyon · 13.1 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Colby Pass North · 8.94 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Colby Pass Trail · 24.7 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Cold Spring CG · 0.88 mi round trip · Easy
- Cold Springs Nature · 3 mi round trip · Moderate
- Colony Mill Road · 21.28 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Congress · 3.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Cottonwood Pass · 10.72 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Coyote Lake · 4.46 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Coyote Pass · 10.62 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Crabtree - Rock Creek · 6.82 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Crabtree Lakes · 3.72 mi round trip · Moderate
- Crabtree Sand Flats · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Crescent Mdw-Bearpaw · 21.52 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Crescent Meadow Loop · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy
- Crescent Meadow-Tharps Log · 1.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Crystal Cave · 1.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Crystal Lake Trail · 2.84 mi round trip · Moderate
- Cyclone Meadow · 3.46 mi round trip · Moderate
- Dead Giant · 0.66 mi round trip · Easy
- Deadman Canyon · 12.24 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Dorst/Lost Grove · 4.18 mi round trip · Moderate
- Eagle Lake · 2.76 mi round trip · Moderate
- Eagle-Mosquito Lakes · 10 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Elizabeth Pass · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Elizabeth Pass North · 8.52 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Elizabeth Pass South · 6.06 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Entrance Station River · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Evelyn Lake · 2.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Farewell Gap - Franklin Lakes Trail · 6.84 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Farewell Gap (north section) · 5.3 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Farewell Gap (south section) · 0.86 mi round trip · Easy
- Farewell/Franklin · 1.64 mi round trip · Easy
- Farewell/Franklin Lakes · 5.36 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Forester Pass South · 10.24 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Franklin Lakes · 3.64 mi round trip · Moderate
- Franklin Pass - Franklin Lakes · 5.92 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Franklin Pass - Upper Rattlesnake · 4.2 mi round trip · Moderate
- Franklin Pass Trail · 11.66 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Funston Lake · 6.84 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Generals Hwy Parking Access · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- GIant Forest - Local · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Giant Forest - Local (north section) · 4.3 mi round trip · Moderate
- Giant Forest - Local (south section) #1 · 1.02 mi round trip · Easy
- Giant Forest - Local (south section) #2 · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Giant Forest - Local (southwest section) #1 · 0.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Giant Forest - Local (southwest section) #2 · 0.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Giant Forest - Local (west section) · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Giant Forest-Alta · 1.96 mi round trip · Easy
- Hamilton Lakes · 8.38 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Hazelwood · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Hazelwood Cutoff · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Hidden Springs Road · 19.48 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- High Sierra (east section) · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
- High Sierra (west section) · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Hocket South Fork Crossing Cutoff · 3.48 mi round trip · Moderate
- Hockett Lakes · 1.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Hockett-Sand Meadow · 2.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Hockett-South Fork Crossing Cutoff · 2.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Hockett-South Fork Meadow · 1.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Huckleberry · 2.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Hump · 3.02 mi round trip · Moderate
- Informal Stock Camps · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- JO Pass · 3.58 mi round trip · Moderate
- John Dean Cutoff · 5.36 mi round trip · Strenuous
- John Muir Trail · 58.42 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Kaweah Gap · 14.32 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Kaweah Middle Fork - Research Center · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Kaweah Middle Fork Cut-off · 1.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Kern Canyon · 18.8 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Kern Kaweah · 15.92 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Ladybug · 3.58 mi round trip · Moderate
- Lake South America · 10.14 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Lakes (east section) · 12.4 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Lakes (west section) · 0.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Little Baldy · 3.26 mi round trip · Moderate
- Little Five - Big Arroyo · 5.28 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Lodgepole CG Access · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Lodgepole-Sherman Tree · 5.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Log Meadow Loop · 1.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Lone Pine Creek · 3.92 mi round trip · Moderate
- Long Meadow Loop · 3.62 mi round trip · Moderate
- Lost Canyon · 10.4 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Lost Lake · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Lower Crabtree · 1.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Lower Kern · 17.1 mi round trip · Moderate
- Lower Kern Bridge · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Lower Rattlesnake · 15.72 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Lower to Upper Crabtree Meadows · 2.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Lower Whitney Creek Use · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Marble Falls · 6.18 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Marble Fork · 0.64 mi round trip · Easy
- Middle Fork Kaweah · 22.66 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Miter Basin · 4.86 mi round trip · Moderate
- Monarch Lakes · 7.94 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Moraine Lake · 8.06 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Moro Rock · 4.32 mi round trip · Moderate
- Mosquito Lakes · 2.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Mount Whitney · 14.96 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Mount Whitney Mountaineer's Route · 1.94 mi round trip · Moderate
- Mt Langley · 4.76 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Muir Grove · 4.98 mi round trip · Moderate
- Muir Grove-Dorst Creek · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Museum Access Paths · 0.23 mi loop · Easy
- Museum Access Paths across Generals Hwy · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Museum Access Paths to Parking · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Museum Access Paths to Rotary · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Newlywed Trail · 10.34 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- North Fork Kaweah · 8.1 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Old Army Pass · 0.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Bear Hill Road · 1.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Over the Hill · 4.04 mi round trip · Moderate
- Pacific Crest Trail · 33.2 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Panther Gap · 2.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Panther Gap-Lakes · 3.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Paradise Creek · 4.46 mi round trip · Moderate
- Paradise Ridge · 6 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Paradise Ridge-Redwood Mdw · 11.7 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Paradise Trail · 8.82 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Pear Lake Ranger Station · 0.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Potwisha · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Potwisha-Hospital Rock · 4.84 mi round trip · Moderate
- Potwisha-Middle Fork · 0.92 mi round trip · Easy
- Quinn Trail · 4.16 mi round trip · Moderate
- Ranger Lake · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Rattlesnake - Soda Creek · 6.68 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Redwood Canyon · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
- 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
- Redwood Mdw Cut-off · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy
- Redwood Mdw-Bearpaw · 9.04 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Redwood Meadow/Bearpaw (north section) · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Redwood Meadow/Bearpaw (south section) · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Rimrock · 2.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Rock Creek · 7.26 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Rock Creek Lake · 6.7 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Rock Creek Ranger Station Trail · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Round Meadow Pkg · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Sandy Meadow · 6.96 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Sawtooth Pass · 5.1 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Seville Lake · 2.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Shepherd Pass · 6.92 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Shepherd Saddle · 10.38 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Sherman Tree · 1.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Sherman Tree Parking Access · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Shotgun Pass · 3.62 mi round trip · Moderate
- Siberian Pass · 4.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Silliman Lake Use Trail · 2.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Silliman Pass North · 10.14 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Silliman Pass South · 5.98 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Soda Creek · 8.8 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Soldier Lake · 6 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Soldiers · 2.38 mi round trip · Easy
- Soldiers Hill · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- South Fork Kaweah (east section) · 1.64 mi round trip · Easy
- South Fork Kaweah (west section) · 17.72 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- South Fork Meadows (northwest section) · 0.86 mi round trip · Easy
- South Fork Meadows (southeast section) · 2.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Sugar Pine · 2.88 mi round trip · Easy
- Sugar Pine to Crescent Meadow Cutoff · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Summit Lake · 0.76 mi round trip · Easy
- Summit Trail · 7.02 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Sunset Rock · 2 mi round trip · Moderate
- Tar Gap · 15.2 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Timber Gap · 4.5 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Timber Gap Cliff Creek · 5.9 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Tokopah Falls Trail · 3.76 mi round trip · Moderate
- Touhy · 6 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Trail Crest · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Trail of the Sequoias · 6 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Tuohy Cutoff · 3.84 mi round trip · Easy
- Twenty-Seven Switchback Cut-off · 1.84 mi round trip · Easy
- Twin Lakes · 9.9 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Tyndall Ranger Station · 1.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Upper Big Arroyo · 6.78 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Upper Big Five Lakes · 3.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Upper Bubbs Creek - Forester Pass North · 10.22 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Upper Crabtree Meadow · 0.38 mi round trip · Easy
- Upper Kern -Tyndall Cutoff · 6.06 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Upper Kern Canyon · 9.14 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Upper Rock Creek · 3.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Wallace Creek · 8.54 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Wallace Lake · 5.08 mi round trip · Moderate
- Washington Tree · 2.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Watchtower · 3.86 mi round trip · Moderate
- Wet Meadow · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Whiskey Log · 2.62 mi round trip · Moderate
- White Chief · 5.7 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Windy Gap · 8.42 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Windy Ridge · 8.24 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Wolverton Corral cutoff · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Wolverton Cutoff · 7.46 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Wright Creek · 5.88 mi round trip · Moderate
- Wuksachi · 3.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Wuksachi Access Path · 1.48 mi round trip · Easy
- Wuksachi Pkg Path · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Yucca Creek · 1.34 mi round trip · Easy
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