Sequoia+and+Kings+Canyon+National+Parks.

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=Sequoia National Park:=

Established on September 25, 1890.

The park is 404,051 acres.

Mt. Whitney is located in the park.

Mt. Whitney is the highest point in the continental US.

The park has giant sequoia trees.

Including, the most famous, General Sherman.

The largest single tree on Earth.

The park contains five out of the ten biggest trees in the world.

84% of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is wilderness and is accessible only by foot or horse.

One of the expansions occurred in 1978 when the sierra club fought off attempts by the Disney Company to purchase a high-alpine for use as a ski resort.

The park is home to over 240 caves.

The caves include California's longest cave which is over 20 miles long.

=Kings Canyon National Park:=

The park was established in 1940 and covers 462,901 acres.

Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park are operated by the National Park Service together.

Kings Canyon had been known to white settlers since the mid-1800s.

Harold Ickes fought to create the Kings Canyon National Park.

He hired Ansel Adams to photograph and document Kings Canyon.

This lead to the passage of the bill in March 1940.

In 1965, Tehipite Valley was added to the park.

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