welcome to sequoia national park take me out to california
take me out to california
i feel the day is coming to an end welcome to the land of giants one
of the most beautiful national parks in southern california
and home to one of the largest and oldest tree species on our planet the famous sequoia trees
in today's adventure we spend one day exploring sequoia and kings canyon national parks
we will take you with us to show you the main attractions of the park
and help you plan for your own adventure
we started our journey from lax airport where we picked up a rental car and started driving towards
three rivers three rivers is a town located less than six miles from the entrance of the park
and it took us three and a half hours to get to three rivers from lax airport we spent the night
at western holiday lodged three rivers because of its proximity to the entrance of the park in the
morning we left nice and early grabbed coffee from a nearby gas station and started driving towards
sequoia national park before the sunrise we only had one day to spare and we wanted to make the
most out of it the road to the entrance of the park is very twisty with a lot of turns and can
be a bit intimidating look at this road so many switchbacks everybody that we saw on video said
like oh i need dramamine i'm not doing bad you know i mean but i just definitely like wow there
is really a turn every 20 feet as you enter the park you will spot the ash mountain entrance sign
a very unique and authentic national park sign constructed in 1935 and featuring a carved
native american face made from blocks of sequoia wood right by the entrance sign is a beautiful
viewpoint overlooking indian head river a great photo opportunity especially during fall season
there's a short walkable trail if you want to wander and get closer to the river
however we chose to drive forward and get to our next landmark in the park
our first stop today is tunnel rock this huge rock behind me usually you would see people climbing
up and taking some cool photos but it's under construction right now and it's not something
that you can do this landmark boulder marks a former roadway through a granite tunnel here in
sequoia national park next we make our way up to otto log as you are driving you will spot moral
rock up in the distance an isolated dome shaped granite formation that we will also check out next
there are many viewpoints where you can pull over to take in the beauty of the landscape
also keep an eye out for wildlife on the road as we came across a lot of deer on the way
i don't know what it means but there's a smile upon your face
i see something shimmering in your eyes
and they say if you wanna glimpse the future you need space this is autolog fell in 1917
and back in the day cars were encouraged to actually drive up here for photographs
the tree is unstable now and now you can only walk out onto the edge this is amazing we
were just walking on this huge tree i still can't believe that these are actual trees
right now we are going to check morrow rock trail this is a must if you are visiting
sequoia national park it's a 0.4 mile hike with an elevation gain of 187 feet
this trail is kid-friendly no pets are allowed and it's pretty much stairs the whole way up
and it opens up to a beautiful view of the forest of the sequoia national park
as well as some gorgeous peak you can even spot mount whitney
in the background it's really beautiful if you have the time make sure to check this trailer
for the short amount of climbing and the views that this hike offers it's absolutely worth it
moral rock trail consists of 350 steps and can take between 45 minutes up to 60 minutes
to get all the way up and down depending on how many stops you are making throughout the way
to either take photos or to let other people pass by
and now that we wrapped up our hike it's time to check the famous tunnel log
this huge tree fell down back in 1937 in the middle of the road the national park service
decided to carve a hole in the middle of it to allow people to drive through
and enjoy this beautiful landmark here in sequoia national park the tunnel is eight
feet tall and you absolutely must stop here if you are in the park
our next stop is the natural wonder that attracts visitors from all over the world
we are checking out the largest tree in the world by volume ready let's go
general sherman tree trail is a 0.9 mile easy hike that takes you to the world's
largest tree by volume the famous general sherman tree this tree was named after the
american civil war general william sherman and it's estimated to be at least 2 700 years old
the height of the tree is 275 feet that is 83.8 meters and the volume of the trunk
is 1487 meter cube the magnitude of this giant is unbelievable you have to be here
to appreciate it this tree is big you can see there's a giant scar that it has from a fire
a long while back and you can see how big the scar cuts into the trees the trees been growing out
from that scar from the same area we took another hike on the congress trail this hike is three
miles long and you can hike as much as you want before turning back the air is so fresh and it's
a great opportunity to familiarize yourself with the sequoia trees and how resilient they are
it's crazy how big the roots are and this is not even a huge tree compared to the others
in the park it's it's impressive i just can't comprehend how big these feets are
all right come check this one out but be very careful because there is
a string of the bark that's about to fall this is amazing
the inside of the trunk is spacious enough that you can easily pitch a two people
tent obviously this is not something that you can do in a national park but it just
shows you how large these trees are it's unbelievable
my neck hurts from looking up all the time
it's crazy how this one is just standing there even though half of the tree is already burned
this is impressive despite all of its structural deficiencies it is still determined to stand tall
we're gonna go to the generals highway so that we can go to general grant
we just left sequoia national park and we're driving through sequoia national forest to get
to king's canyon it's starting to get a little bit cold here there are even patches of snow
but the views are spectacular king's canyon is a national park adjacent to sequoia national park
and is famous for being home to the second largest tree in the world the gigantic general grand tree
there is life here for a second we thought we're not going to find any food around here
because it was just everything seemed to be crazy it's snowing here not snowing there is some snow
but finally we found a gift shop happy to see that there is a place for us to grab some food
use restrooms talk to someone look at these pinecones they're huge i don't
think i've ever seen any that are this big oh they smell like the sequoia trees
we are about to check out the general grant tree this is the second largest tree in
sequoia national park in king's canyon although right now we are in kings canyon national park
and we've had a big dose of sequoias today but you can never get enough to get to the
tree we are going to be on the grand tree trail el sendero del arbol general grant these things
are still just they're huge but they all have like little fire pits in them they're all burnt
underneath from just lower fires that have just occurred
every one of them though like they all are that way apparently there's a tree here
it's it's not it's not the biggest tree in the world but um it's not small either
and uh i'll i'll show it to you in just a moment we gotta get to the other end of this tunnel
and then i'll be able to show you this tree
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seriously you're not going to believe the size of this tree though oh
coming out of the tunnel and that was it we just walked through the tree it's crazy
we can already see the sun peeking out between the trees as we're getting closer to the sunset
so we're trying to find a viewpoint here where we can watch the sun going down
that's going to be really exciting look the colors in front of me are so beautiful
we only have like 10 minutes before it goes down
i can't believe this this this is amazing this sunset is so very beautiful holy moly alex
wow that's the sun that's one of the best sunsets i've seen
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