California and Nevada Relief Map
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California Trip August and September 2005
John J. and Barbara R. Thomas
Lassen Volcano National Park
Lily
Pond - Manzanita Lake
Bumpass Hell
Terrace
+ Shadow Lakes
Eastern Sierra Nevada
June
Lake + Bennetville
Parker Lake
Mono Lake
Mammoth Lakes
Bodie
Sonora Pass + Virginia
Lakes
Little Lakes
Sabrina Lakes
Sequoia National Park
Moro Rock
Kings Canyon
Tokopah Falls
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Falls
Taft and Glacier
Points
Tuolumne Meadows
May Lake
Lyell Canyon
Trail
Gaylor Lakes Trail
Sequoia and King Canyon National Parks
The sequoias are not the redwoods of Northern California, much to my surprise. However they are the tallest trees and largest living things on earth. The original stands of sequoias have been devastated by logging even though they are not good for lumber, they shatter when they hit the ground. The trees saved by the National Park are magnificent.
Sequoia and King Canyon have been joined into one administrative unit.
In the center is the General Sherman Tree.
The largest growing thing on earth.
Looking up at the General Sherman Tree from the base.
It is 274.9 feet tall, 36.5 feet diameter and 102.6 feet circumference at the
base.
The sequoias along the Congress Trail.
A small waterfall along the trail.
Notice that sequoia wood is very brittle and shatters on impact.
The McKinley Tree.