Kings Canyon National Park in Tulare County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

General Grant Tree Trail

Photographed By Don Morfe, September 23, 2007

1. General Grant Tree Trail Marker

Inscription. Along this loop trail, information signs help acquaint you with the General Grant and other notable trees in this impressive sequoia grove. For a more detailed story, purchase the self-guiding brochure at the Grant Grove Visitor Center or from a dispenser.
Please help preserve the giant sequoia forest by staying on the trail. Pets and bicycles are not permitted on any park trail. Take only pictures and memories...Leave only footprints...Kill only time. (Inscription under the map) Round trip loop distance---3 city blocks or 3/5 mile.

Erected by National Park Service-United States Department of the Interior.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Horticulture & Forestry. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #18 Ulysses S. Grant series list.

Location. 36° 44.814′ N, 118° 58.458′ W. Marker is in Kings Canyon National Park, California, in Tulare County. Marker is on Swale Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kings Canyon National Pk CA 93633, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Centennial Stump (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gamlin Cabin (about 400 feet

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away); The Fallen Monarch (about 500 feet away); Millwood (approx. 1.9 miles away); Converse Basin Grove (approx. 2.3 miles away); Technology in Timber County… (approx. 5.3 miles away); Buck Rock Lookout (approx. 6½ miles away); Dunlap Cemetery (approx. 9.1 miles away).

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Photographed By Don Morfe, September 23, 2007

2. General Grant Tree Trail

Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 459 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 13, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.

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