What) Kings Canyon National Park is a U.S. National Park in the southern Sierra Nevadas, east of Fresno, California. The park was established in 1940 and covers 462,901 acres. Kings Canyon had been known to white settlers since the mid-1800s, but it was not until John Muir first visited in 1873 that the canyon began receiving attention.

    Kings Canyon National Park consists of two sections. The small, detached General Grant Grove section preserves several groves of giant sequoia including the General Grant Grove, with the famous General Grant Tree (267 feet high and 107 feet around at the base), and the Redwood Mountain Grove, which is the largest remaining natural Giant Sequoia grove in the world.

    The remainder of Kings Canyon National Park, which comprises over 90% of the total area of the park, is located to the east of General Grant Grove and forms the headwaters of the South and Middle Forks of the Kings River and the South Fork of the San Joaquin River. One portion of the South Fork canyon, known as the Kings Canyon, gives the entire park its name. Both the Kings Canyon, and its Middle Fork twin, Tehipite Valley, are glacial “Yosemites” – deeply incised glacial gorges with relatively flat floors and towering granite cliffs thousands of feet high. (1)

    Why) Unfortunately, heights are not Pam's friend so she decided to veto this Buckys because she was still feeling the effects of the winding drive in and out of Yosemite National Park that we experienced just the day before.  So, this means that you get to experience images of the area that are much nicer than any I would have ended up taking.