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Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Visalia, California in the United States of America. The park was the third National Park to be formed in the USA, in 1890 (the first being Yellowstone National Park in Wy., the second being the now-decommissioned Mackinac National Park in Michigan.). The park spans 404,051 acres (1,635 km²). Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 13,000 feet (3,962.4 meters), the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421.1 meters) above sea level. The park is adjacent to Kings Canyon National Park; the two are administered by the National Park Service as one unit, called Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

The park is most famous for its Giant Sequoia trees, including the General Sherman tree, the largest tree on Earth. The General Sherman tree grows in the Giant Forest, which contains five out of the 10 largest trees in the world, in terms of wood volume. The Giant Forest is connected by the park's Generals Highway to Kings Canyon National Park's Grant Grove, home to the General Grant tree among other sequoias.

In addition to hiking, camping, fishing, and backpacking, the following attractions to be highlights with many park visitors:
Tunnel Log, a fallen sequoia that automobiles can drive through;
Crystal Cave, protected since 1918 and the only one of over 200 caves in the two adjoining parks which can be toured; and Crescent Meadow, a Sequoia-rimmed meadow that John Muir called the "gem of the Sierra".

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