Kings Canyon National Park

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Kings Canyon National Park is a U.S. national park in the southern Sierra Nevada renowned for its deep glacial canyon, giant sequoia groves, and rugged mountain wilderness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park
protected area
adjacentTo Sequoia National Park
administeredBy National Park Service
borderedBy Inyo National Forest
Sierra National Forest
contains Cedar Grove
Evolution Valley
John Muir Wilderness
surface form: John Muir Wilderness (partly)

Kings Canyon National Park self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kings Canyon

Kings River
surface form: Middle Fork Kings River

Monarch Wilderness (partly)
Rae Lakes
Kings River
surface form: South Fork Kings River

Tehipite Valley
Zumwalt Meadow
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crossedBy John Muir Trail
Pacific Crest Trail
surface form: Pacific Crest Trail (nearby/through region)
elevationMax approximately 14,248 feet
elevationMin around 2,000 feet
established 1940
establishedAs Kings Canyon National Park on March 4, 1940
governingBody National Park Service
surface form: U.S. National Park Service
hasActivity backpacking
camping
hiking
rock climbing
hasBiome Sierra Nevada montane forest
hasClimate Mediterranean climate with strong elevation gradients
hasFeature alpine lakes
deep glacial canyon
giant sequoia groves
glacially carved valleys
granite cliffs
rugged mountain wilderness
hasHighestPoint North Palisade
hasIUCNCategory II
hasVegetationType alpine tundra
mixed conifer forest
subalpine forest
hasWildlife Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
black bear
mountain lion
mule deer
yellow-bellied marmot
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Fresno County
surface form: Fresno County, California

Tulare County, California
southern Sierra Nevada
namedAfter Kings River
nearestCity Fresno
surface form: Fresno, California
partOf Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
precededBy Sequoia National Park
surface form: General Grant National Park
traversedBy Kings River

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General Grant Tree protectedWithin Kings Canyon National Park
Grant Grove locatedIn Kings Canyon National Park
Kings Creek Walk locatedIn Kings Canyon National Park
South Fork Kings River locatedIn Kings Canyon National Park
South Fork Kings River flowsThrough Kings Canyon National Park
Middle Fork Kings River flowsThrough Kings Canyon National Park
Middle Fork Kings River locatedInProtectedArea Kings Canyon National Park
General Grant National Park locatedInProtectedArea Kings Canyon National Park
General Grant National Park mergedInto Kings Canyon National Park