Sequoia National Park

At a glance

Dates: From 1890-09-25.

Place: Tulare County, United States.

Type: National Park of the United States, national park, and unincorporated community.

What happened

History Native Americans Hospital Rock was a site of healing practices of local tribes before and into the 1800s. [ 1 ] The area which now is Sequoia National Park shows evidence of Native American settlement as early as AD 1000. [ 2 ] The area was home to "Monachee" ( Western Mono ) Native Americans , who resided mainly in the Kaweah River drainage in the Foothills region of what is now the western part of the park, though evidence of seasonal habitation exists as high as the Giant Forest.

Sequoia National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects 404,064 acres of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the park contains the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m) above sea level. The park is south of, and contiguous with, Kings Canyon National Park;