Kings Canyon National Park

American  

[kingz kan-yuhn nash-uh-nl pahrk, nash-nuhl] / ˈkɪŋz ˈkæn jən ˈnæʃ ə nl ˈpɑrk, ˈnæʃ nəl /

noun

1. a national park in east-central California noted for its giant sequoias, including the General Grant tree, and for its granite cliffs and domes: contiguous with Sequoia National Park. 721.5 square miles (1,869 square kilometers).

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Etymology

Origin of Kings Canyon National Park

First recorded in 1940–45; so named following the expansion of the General Grant National Park (founded in 1890)

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Kings Canyon National Park

I tested the body and lip balm options while out hiking and camping in Kings Canyon National Park, and neither melted in the tube, even as the temperature crept beyond 90 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024

Kings Canyon National Park is an area of more than 460,000 acres.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

The greatest amount of damage was done in Redwood Mountain Grove in Kings Canyon National Park.

From Fox News ● Nov. 20, 2021

The fire’s rapid growth was being fed by beetle-killed trees, Garrett said, estimating there are more than a million of them in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park alone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2021

Most of adjacent Kings Canyon National Park is also now closed.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021