Sequoia National Park

[si-kwoi-uh nash-uh-nl pahrk, nash-nuhl]

noun

1. a national park in east-central California noted for its giant sequoias, including the General Sherman tree, and for containing Mount Whitney, the highest point in the conterminous United States: contiguous with Kings Canyon National Park. 631 square miles (1,635 square kilometers).

Sequoia National Park

noun

1. a national park in central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: established in 1890 to protect groves of giant sequoias, some of which are about 4000 years old. Area: 1556 sq km (601 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sequoia National Park¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

From Mono Lake and Mammoth Mountain at the top of the image to Sequoia National Park at the bottom, the landscape had been transformed in just three days.

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Sequoia National Park is home to the world’s largest trees and iconic birds including peregrine falcons and bald eagles.

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A body found in a Sequoia National Park river was confirmed to be that of a woman who went missing in the park while swimming with her sister two months earlier, park officials announced.

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A California teacher was found dead in Sequoia National Park a day after being reported missing, according to the National Park Service.

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Search efforts for a missing Los Angeles woman who jumped into a river to rescue her sister in Sequoia National Park have been scaled down as river conditions become increasingly unsafe, park officials say.

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