Here is everything we did while spending a day in Kings Canyon National Park!
Trails in this video:
Roaring River Falls: www.alltrails.com/trail/us/ca...
Zumwalt Meadow Trail: www.alltrails.com/trail/us/ca...
Check out the previous video to see what we did in Sequoia National Park the day before: • SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK ...
And before that, Los Angeles: • ONE DAY in LOS ANGELES...
After spending a full day in Sequoia National Park the day before, we are stayed the night in a tent cabin in Grant Grove in Kings Canyon. Highly recommend. We made some Teriyaki rice and lasagna for dinner over the jet boil.
The next morning we used the showers by the cabins (which you can only use if you are staying in the cabins). And then we checked out at the John Muir Lodge.
We then did a quick drive over to Grant Grove village, where there is a visitor center, a gift shop, a restaurant, and a market. Everything was closed as we were getting an early start to our day, but we will stop by here on our way out later today.
We were spending some time in the Grant Grove area for a bit as we go to check out the second largest tree in the world, General Grant. Check out my Sequoia National Park video to see the number one largest tree in the world, General Sherman. The Grant Tree Trail is only a half mile loop with some spectacular trees along the way. I think my favorite part of this trail was actually this fallen tree that you could walk in. After wel head back to the car, we will begin our journey into the depths of Kings Canyon.
The drive into the actual canyon part of this park was about 30-40 miles, and it probably took us a little over an hour to get to the bottom. This windy road that takes you down to the canyon floor is called the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway. I highly recommend stopping at some of the pullouts on this road to take in the views. Also to take a break from the white knuckle drive.
The entrance sign is down at the bottom of the canyon even though we technically started our morning in this park.
We checked out the Cedar Grove market; this is in the same building as the Cedar Grove Lodge. We didn’t find souvenirs that we wanted, but there were quite a bit of food options considering how isolated we were from the rest of society.
Next we head down the road to do a little hike, called Roaring River Falls. It is actually barely a hike, as this out-and-back walk is only about 3 tenths of a mile round trip. www.alltrails.com/trail/us/ca...
About 4 minutes down the road from Roaring River Falls is the Zumwalt Meadow Trail. This 1.5 mile trail is supposed to be a loop, but it has technically been temporarily labeled as an “Out and back” trail because some of the boardwalk areas are broken near the end of the loop. However, when we went in September 2021, we completed the loop even though the boardwalk was broken, and it saved us from having to trek all the way back the way we came, saving us about 30-40 minutes. www.alltrails.com/trail/us/ca...
Now we will head back out of the canyon and begin the next leg of our trip towards Yosemite National Park
But first, lunch. We will stop again at the Grant Grove village and make some sandwiches, as well as get a few snacks from the market.
0:00 Introduction
0:15 Grant Grove Cabins at John Muir Lodge
1:46 The next morning
3:58 Kings Canyon Scenic Byway
5:11 Cedar Grove Lodge & Market
5:57 Zumwalt Meadow Trail - 1.5 mile loop
10:12 Grant Grove Village
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16 июл 2024
