California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.5 million residents across a total area of about 163,696 square miles, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area, and is also the world's thirty-fourth most populous subnational entity, and is the most populated subnational entity in North America.
Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890 to protect 404,064 acres of forested mountainous terrain.
Learn more Book this experienceAlabama Hills is an unincorporated community in the Alabama Hills, in Inyo County, California. It lies at an elevation of 4534 feet. The community was named after the CSS Alabama.
Learn moreMount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 14,505 feet. It is in East–Central California, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, 84.6 miles west-northwest of North America's lowest point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, at 282 ft below sea level.
Learn more Book this experienceKings Canyon National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California.
Learn more Book this experienceMineral King is a subalpine glacial valley located in the southern part of Sequoia National Park, in the U.S. state of California.
Learn moreMoro Rock is a granite dome rock formation in Sequoia National Park, California, United States. It is located in the center of the park, at the head of Moro Creek, between Giant Forest and Crescent Meadow.
Learn more Book this experienceSequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The U.S. National Forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia trees which populate 38 distinct groves within the boundaries of the forest.
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