Sequoia National Park

American  

[si-kwoi-uh nash-uh-nl pahrk, nash-nuhl] / sɪˈkwɔɪ ə ˈnæʃ ə nl ˈpɑrk, ˈnæʃ nəl /

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).

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Sequoia National Park British  

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)

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Etymology

Origin of Sequoia National Park

First recorded in 1890–95

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Sequoia National Park

The Department of Interior also hasn’t issued a public statement on a death in Sequoia National Park, in which a teen was killed after slipping into a river.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

A 3-year-old black-furred wolf has become the first of her kind known to venture into Sequoia National Park in more than a century.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

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.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

From September 11 to June 9 "On Call" service by advance reservation is provided from Visalia and Exeter to Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, and return the same route.

From Sequoia [California] National Park by United States. Dept. of the Interior