Sequoia National Park
Location: Eastern California. Area: 252 square miles. Season: June 15 to September 15. Address of Supervisor: Three Rivers, California.
Railroad Connections
Sequoia Park is best reached from Visalia on the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroads; thence by Visalia Electric Railway to Lemon Cove, and thence by automobile stage of the Sequoia National Park Transportation Company to Camp Sierra in the Giant Forest. The distance from Lemon Cove to the Giant Forest is 40 miles. Heretofore the stages have left Lemon Cove on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; and have made the return trip from the Giant Forest on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. It is probable that daily service will soon be established. The round trip fare from Visalia to Camp Sierra is $13.30; from San Francisco to Camp Sierra, $24.00.
Automobile Routes
Sequoia Park may be reached from San Francisco by way of San José, Gilroy, Los Baños, Fresno, Goshen Junction and Visalia; distance 291 miles. From Los Angeles the route is by way of Bakersfield, Tulare, and Visalia; distance 307 miles. From Yosemite Park the shortest route is by way of Wawona, Fresno, and Visalia; distance 191 miles.
Motorists are required to pay $2.00 for a single round trip through the Park, or $3.00 for each machine for a season permit. Eastbound automobiles may use the road to Giant Forest between 7 A.M. and 5.30 P.M.; no automobile will be allowed to leave the Giant Forest for the western boundary later than 6 P.M. The speed limit is from 8 to 15 miles per hour.
Camp
A camp is operated at Giant Forest Post-Office by Walter E. Kenney, at the following rates:—
| Board and lodging:— | ||
| 1 person, per day | $3.25 | |
| 1 person, per week | 18.00 | |
| 1 person, 4 weeks | 68.00 | |
| 2 persons, per day, each | 3.00 | |
| 2 persons, per week, each | 16.50 | |
| 2 persons, 4 weeks, each | 60.00 | |
| Meals without lodging:— | ||
| Breakfast and lunch, each | .75 | |
| Dinner | 1.00 | |
| One night’s lodging | 1.00 | |
| Baths | .35 | |
Trips
No regular tours are scheduled for this Park, but the following rates are in effect for short trips:—
Carriage trips only from Giant Forest:—
| Parker Group, Moro Rock, and return:— | ||
| 1 person | $1.00 | |
| 4 or more, each | .75 | |
| Admiration Point and return:— | ||
| 1 person | 3.00 | |
| 4 or more, each | 1.50 | |
| General Sherman Tree, and return:— | ||
| 1 person | 1.00 | |
| 4 or more, each | .50 | |
| General Sherman Tree and Wolverton Creek:— | ||
| 1 person | 2.00 | |
| 4 or more, each | .75 | |
| Five-seated carriage, with 2 horses, | ||
| 1 full day | 5.00 | |
All carriage trips include services of driver.
Rates for short horseback trips are as follows:—
| To Sherman Tree and return | $2.00 |
| To Sherman Tree, Wolverton, and return by Circle Meadow | 3.00 |
| To Moro Rock and return | 2.00 |
| To Moro Rock and return by Crescent Log and Huckleberry Meadows | 2.50 |
| To Alta and return | 3.00 |
| To Twin Lakes and return | 3.50 |
| To Admiration Point and return | 3.00 |
| To Moro Rock, Crescent Log, Huckleberry Meadows, Wolverton, and Sherman Tree | 3.50 |
Chester Wright, Giant Forest, California, will furnish pack- and saddle-animals at $1.50 per day each, but in all cases guide must accompany animal, at $3.00 per day, the guide taking charge of packing and relieving tourists of responsibility for animals. All animals will be equipped with riding- or pack-saddles.
Parties wishing to make long trips will be furnished with special rates.
The dimensions of some of the principal trees are as follows:—
Giant Forest Grove
General Sherman, height 279.9 feet; diameter, 36.5 feet.
Abraham Lincoln, height 270 feet; diameter, 31 feet.
William McKinley, height 291 feet; diameter, 28 feet.
Muir Grove
Dalton, height, 292 feet; diameter, 27 feet.
Garfield Grove
California, height, 260 feet; diameter, 30 feet.
Clothing and Equipment
If the tourist makes only a short trip to the Giant Forest, no extra clothing will be necessary except a light overcoat and a sweater. If an extended stay is made and excursions are made to the other groves or the High Sierra, the following equipment is recommended: For men, woolen riding-breeches, woolen underwear, woolen army socks, flannel shirt, stout shoes, a felt hat, leggings or puttees, sweater, and coat. As there is little rain in the summer it is not necessary to take a poncho. Women should wear riding-breeches, flannel middy blouse, woolen stockings, a small felt hat, and other clothing as recommended for men.
Fishing
There is good fishing in Sequoia Park for rainbow, golden, cutthroat, Eastern brook, and Loch Leven trout. The royal coachman is the fly generally used, but often the brown and gray hackle with peacock body meets with success. Flies and other tackle may be purchased at the Giant Forest.
In this Park all fishing must be in conformity with the laws of California as regards season, size of fish, and limit of catch. Every fisherman must have a sporting fishing license, which may be obtained from any County Clerk or from the offices of the State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners at San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Fresno. The license fee is $1.00 for citizens of the United States who are bona-fide residents of California, and $3.00 for citizens of the United States who are not bona-fide residents of California and for persons not citizens of the United States. Persons under 18 years of age do not require a license.