NATIONAL PARK Historic Events DEPARTMENT OF THE KINGS 1862 First white man of record entered INTERIOR area. Joseph Hardin Thomas discov­ ered the Tree, then unnamed. OPEN CANYON HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary ALL NATIONAL PARK YEAR 1867 Tree measured ; named by Lucretia P. Baker, member of pio­ 19 41 neer family of the district.

1870 First settlers occupied Fallen Mon­ MULE DEER ARE SEEN EVERYWHERE arch, huge hollow log. IN THE PARK NEWTON B. DRURY, Director

1872 The Gamlin brothers built log house C 0 <2\(TE^TS now known as Gamlin Pioneer Cabin INGS CANYON NATIONAL accessible by road, separates the two and used as museum. An Angler in Kings Canyon . Cover K PARK was created by act of great South Fork and Middle Fork Can­ A Description of Kings Canyon by Congress, May 4, 1940. It comprises yons. The Middle Fork is reached only 710 square miles of superlative moun­ by trail by crossing over Granite Pass John Mutr (1838-1914) . . 4 1878 Preemption claim surrounding the tain scenery in the heart of the Sierra or Cartridge Pass, by traversing the The Groves ...... 6 Grant Tree surrendered to the Gov­ Nevada and three groves of giant se­ 12,000-foot Mather Pass on the John Forests and Flowers 6 ernment by Israel Gamlin. quoias. In the creation of this park, the Muir Trail, or by descending from road Wildlife 6 former General Grant National Park, end at Cliff Camp on the North Fork Fishing 1 1890 General Grant National Park (now with the addition of the Redwood of the Kings into Tehipite Valley to Section of Mountain area, became the General Trails 1 view the famous Tehipite Dome. Kings Canyon National Park) cre­ Grant Grove Section. This section is the In this new wilderness park accom­ Park Season 8 ated by Act of Congress on October 1. gateway to the Kings Canyon and the modations will be kept to a minimum. Administration 8 High Sierra wilderness and is a center Access roads lead to trails entering the Naturalist Service 8 1891 First administration of park by Capt. for tourist travel. The main portion of park through national forests from both Free Campgrounds 10 J. H. Dorst, United States Cavalry. the park includes the watersheds of the the east and west sides. The real beau­ Christmas Tree Ceremony ... 10 South and Middle Forks of the Kings ties of the park are available only to River and the Evolution Creek and Church Services 10 1914 Walter Fry, now U. S. Commissioner those who ride horseback or hike the Goddard Canyon watershed, tributary many trails which lead to unexcelled Railroad, Bus, and Airplane for Kings Canyon and Sequoia Na­ tional Parks, appointed first civilian to the South Fork of the San Joaquin Services 10 campgrounds. superintendent of both parks. River. It includes also the crest of the The Trail follows through Approach to Park by Highway and and western slope from the entire summit region of the park Trail 11 to Mount Lamarck, a 1925 General Grant Tree designated as for 78 miles, seldom below 8,500 feet, Accommodations and Expenses . 14 summit area containing four peaks over Nation's Christmas Tree. and crosses five high mountain passes. 14,000 feet in altitude, and more than Miscellaneous Services . . . . 15 Fourteen miles southeast of the Gen­ twenty others above 13,000 feet in alti­ Saddle Horses and Pack Stock . . 15 eral Grant Grove Section lies the Se­ 1940 Kings Canyon National Park estab­ tude. Selected Bibliography . . . . 15 lished on March 4 by act of Congress. quoia National Park. The two Big Tree Granite gotges, mountain meadows, national parks are linked by one of and trout-filled streams and lakes the finest mountain roads in America— abound. The Monarch Divide, which is the . This highway

2 Kings Canyon National Park • California Kings Canyon National Park • California 3 reaches a 7,600-foot elevation at Big of brown pebbles, now rushing and Baldy Saddle, passing through heavy leaping in wild exultation across ava­ forests of pine, fir, cedar and Sequoia lanche rock-dams or terminal moraines, gigantea the whole length, and affording swaying from side to side, beaten with spacious views of the mountain and sunshine, or embowered with leaning foothill country stretching to the San pines and firs, alders, willows, and tall Joaquin Valley, an opaline haze in the balsam poplars, which with the bushes distance. and grass at their feet make charming banks. Gnarled snags and stumps here A DESCRIPTION OF KINGS and there reach out from the banks, making cover for trout which seem to CANYON BY JOHN MUIR have caught their colors from rainbow (1838-1914) spray, though hiding mostly in shad­ "In the vast Sierra wilderness far to ows, where the current swirls slowly the southward of the famous Yosemite and protecting sedges and willows dip Valley, there is a yet grander valley of their leaves. the same kind. It is situated on the south 9 0 9 • 9 fork of King's River, above the most "From the brink of the walls on extensive groves and forests of the giant either side the ground still rises in a sequoia, and beneath the shadows of series of ice-carved ridges and basins, the highest mountains in the range, superbly forested and adorned with where the canyons are deepest and the many small lakes and meadows, where snow-laden peaks are crowded most deer and bear find grateful homes; closely together. It is called the Big while from the head of the valley moun­ King's River Canyon, or Kmg's River tains other mountains rise beyond in Yosemite, * * * It is about glorious array, every one of them shin­ ten miles long, half a mile wide, and ing with rock crystals and snow, and the stupendous rocks of purplish gray with a network of streams that sing granite that form the walls are from their way down from lake to lake 2,500 to 5,000 feet in height, while the through a labyrinth of ice-burnished depth of the valley below the general canyons. The area of the basins drained surface of the mountain mass from by the streams entering the valley is which it has been carved is consider­ about 450 square miles, and the eleva­ ably more than a mile. tion of the rim of the general basin is from 9,000 to upward of 14,000 feet above the sea; while the general basin "The bottom of the valley is about of the Merced Yosemite has an area of 5,000 feet above the sea, and its level 250 square miles, and its elevation is or gently sloping surface is diversified much lower. with flowery meadows and groves and open sunny flats, through the midst of which the crystal river, ever changing, "At the head of the valley the river ever beautiful, makes its way; now glid­ forks, the heavier branch turning north­ ing softly with scarce a ripple over beds ward, and on this branch there is an- MIDDLE FORK OF THE

4 Kings Canyon National Park * California Kings Canyon National Park • California 5 other Yosemite, called from its flowery show fire scars, there have been no re­ throughout the park, but not in large beauty Paradise Valley; and the name cent fires. numbers. Feeding of these animals by might well be applied to the main can­ Adding to the grandeur of the se­ visitors is strictly prohibited. When yon, for notwithstanding its tremendous quoia groves of Redwood Mountain and this regulation is followed, the bears rockiness, it is an Eden of plant-beauty Canyon are superlative stands of sugar cause very little trouble to campers. Pine from end to end." pines and western yellow (or ponde­ martens, marmots, and conies inhabit rosa) pines, many of them 200 feet tall, the high elevations. The Columbia gray a few even taller, likewise accompanied squirrel is a common sight as it dashes THE GROVES by an abundance of young growth of across roads and trails, a blue-gray vision that at times appears to be all The General Grant Tree in the Grant their own kind and by a scattering of firs, cedars, and a few other species. tail. The Douglas squirrel, or Sierra Grove of Big Trees is so huge its size is chickaree, gray-brown in color, is well difficult to comprehend. Its greatest The net result is a primeval forest of supreme wilderness beauty, as yet known for its amusing habit of scold­ horizontal diameter is 40.3 feet at the ing. Birds are numerous. Mountain base, and at 200 feet above the ground largely unspoiled, with thousands of sequoias ranging from tiny seedlings up quail and Sierra grouse are encountered its diameter is about 12 feet. This tree is on trail trips, and notable birds of the 267 feet high and is one of the most to magnificent old patriarchs 2,000 and perhaps 3,000 years old. high mountain areas are: golden eagle, celebrated trees in the United States, rosy finch, Clark's nutcracker, and water having been dedicated as the Nation's FORESTS AND FLOWERS ouzel. The Park Information Office at Christmas Tree. Huge specimens of General Grant Grove Section is head­ sugar and ponderosa pine, fir, and cedar Coniferous trees predominate. There quarters for information about plants, in this grove and in the nearby North are eight species of pines found in the birds, and animals. Grove arouse interest second only to park, including the one-leaved, or that of the giant sequoias themselves. pifion pine. The mountain hemlock and FISHING white-barked pine are timber line trees. Six miles toward Sequoia National Excellent trout fishing in over 200 The Kellogg black oak frequents the Park, just off the Generals Highway, is lakes and in more than 150 miles of valleys, and the golden-cupped, or can­ the of se­ streams is to be found in this park. Na­ yon live oak, the talus slopes. The Nut- quoias. Towering in close-ranked com­ tive rainbow trout is abundant, and tall dogwood produces a wealth of panies along the crest of a prominent golden trout has been introduced from white blossoms in the spring and color­ mountain ridge, and etched in bold re­ the Kern Basin. Some eastern brook ful foliage in the fall. Azaleas around lief against the sky, these forest giants trout is found in high mountain lakes. the meadows are a blaze of glory in the march down the slopes of the mountain Banks of streams are largely free from spring. Meadows are abloom in June and spread out in stately groves over vegetation, and conditions for fly fish­ and July. Conspicuous are the leopard the canyon floor immediately below. ing are excellent in late summer and lilies and pentstemon of several varie­ Nowhere else do giant sequoias stand early fall. State seasons and limits pre­ ties, Indian paintbrush, larkspur, shoot­ out so prominently on a ridge, silhou­ vail, and a State fishing license is re­ ing stars, and Queen Anne's lace. etted against the sky. The Tree quired. is considered the fourth largest sequoia. Thousands of young trees are present. WILDLIFE TRAILS Seven giant sequoias, averaging 10 California mule deer, black bear, and The trail system at the General feet in diameter and 200 feet high, are several species of squirrel are the best Grant Grove Section offers the hiker or on one acre. There are at least 7,000 se­ known animals of the park. A few big­ horseback rider miles of well-graded quoias with a diameter exceeding 2 feet, horn, or mountain sheep, remain along pathways to many lovely sections of the and, though many of the older trees the crest of the Sierra. Bears are found park. RIDING A TRAIL TO THE HIGH COUNTRY

6 Kings Canyon National Park * California Kings Canyon National Park • California 7 The traverses the with Federal and State authorities co­ main section of the park from end to operating to clear the roads in winter. end, being the main summit trail route It is seldom that travel is interrupted between Yosemite and Sequoia Na­ more than a day or two. Campgrounds tional Parks. This trail affords the moun­ are not open during the winter season, taineer an opportunity to penetrate but informal accommodations are avail­ spectacular mountain country. The able in the General Grant Grove Sec­ peaks, cliffs, lakes, streams, and mead­ tion. All forms of winter sports, except ows of this portion of the High Sierra skating, are enjoyed, and snowshoes, offer unusual scenic attractions to the skis, and toboggans may be rented at summer visitor. reasonable prices in the General Grant The main trails leading into scenic Grove Section. portions of the park from the west are During the winter season, meals and the Copper Creek Trail over Granite accommodations are to be had at the Pass to Simpson Meadows on the Mid­ coffee shop at park headquarters in the dle Pork, the Tehipite, F.volution General Grant Grove Section. Entrances Basin, and Bishop Pass Trails, and over high mountain passes are not open Kearsarge Pass Trail over the crest from to travel until after July 1. Inyo County to the east. A favorite loop trip for knapsackers and packers is from the floor of Kings Canyon up the South ADMINISTRATION Pork to Paradise Valley, up Woods The Kings Canyon National Park is Creek to and Glenn Pass administered by the National Park (11,900 feet) and thence down Bubbs Service of the United States Department Creek to Kings Canyon. Trails lead of the Interior. The representative of over four different passes into Sequoia this bureau in direct charge of the park National Park. is the Assistant Superintendent. Admin­ There are no restrictions on camping istrative headquarters is at the Plaza, in the back country, except precautions near the center of the General Grant against fire and proper sanitary meas­ Grove Section. All-year mail, telephone, ures. Hikers and those with pack ani­ and telegraph service is maintained at mals must carry their own equipment. this point. The post office address is Camping grounds on the Middle Pork Kings Canyon National Park, Calif. are found at Little Pete, Grouse, and Simpson Meadows, and Tehipite Val­ NATURALIST SERVICE ley; on the South Lork are Paradise Valley, Woods Creek, Rae Lakes, Vi- Many forms of outdoor activities are dette Meadows on Bubbs Creek, and encouraged in Kings Canyon National Scaffold Meadows on Roaring River. Park, but special attention is paid to fostering a knowledge of the wildlife PARK SEASON and natural beauty which the park was The General Grant Grove in Kings created to preserve. At the Plaza in the

Canyon National Park is open all year, General Grant Grove Section, a ranger- UP THE RIVER TO KINGS CANYON

8 Kings Canyon National Park * California Kings Canyon National Park • California 9 naturalist is in charge of the educational CHURCH SERVICES program, which includes guided field Sunday morning services and Sunday trips, automobile caravans, and camp- school are conducted during the season fire entertainments. There are talks on by the Church of the Sequoias at the the giant sequoias and other natural religious headquarters near the pars: features by rangers, and music and in­ amphitheatre and at Cedar Grove formal entertainment by visitors. Campground. Evening vesper services General Grant Grove Section has a or an evening program of religious in­ very fine outdoor amphitheatre, with a struction, with illustrated lectures, fea­ seating capacity of 1,200. Programs are ture Sunday evening presentations. given here and at Cedar Grove two or three times a week. RAILROAD, BUS AND FREE CAMPGROUNDS AIRPLANE SERVICES The Southern Pacific Railroad serves There are five improved camp­ Fresno, Visalia, and Exeter; the Santa grounds in the General Grant Grove Fe Railway reaches Fresno, Corcoran, Section, located among the pines, firs, and Hanford. Busses take Santa Fe and cedars of the plateau and ridges passengers from Corcoran and Hanford near park headquarters. Comfort sta­ to Visalia. From Visalia and Fresno tions, with hot and cold showers, are park busses are available during the conveniently located, spring water is summer season. Pacific Greyhound and LOOKING ACROSS KINGS RIVER AT ZUMNWALT MEADOWS piped through the camping areas, and Santa Fe busses, as well as planes of the firewood is kept constantly replenished. United Airlines, connect at Fresno. lar Generals Highway, arriving at transportation, are available at $11 for At Cedar Grove are three large There is also an airplane landing field Fresno 6:30 p. m. Stops are made at one day tour; $17.50 for two day tour. campgrounds with comfort stations, at Visalia. Tree in Giant For­ This circle tour service enables travel­ running water, tables and stoves, and The stage service to Sequoia and est, General Grant Tree in Grant Grove ers to visit both national parks easily. wood. Camping provisions are available Kings Canyon National Parks is a circle of Big Trees, and other interesting in the campgrounds. tour in one direction only from Fresno, places en route. Round trip fare from APPROACH TO PARK BY via Visalia and Exeter, to Fresno, Visalia, or Exeter and return HIGHWAY AND TRAIL CHRISTMAS TREE in the , thence via over circle tour route and schedule Main Entrance: 1. From Fresno, CEREMONY the Generals Highway to the General above, with stopover privileges in Giant over new entrance highway, 56 miles; Grant Grove Section of Kings Canyon Forest and General Grant Grove Sec­ over old Highway No. 180, via Pine- At high noon on Christmas Day each National Park, returning direct to tion, $10 a passenger. From Fresno, Vi­ hurst, 64 miles; or from Visalia on year, devotional and patriotic services Fresno. From June 10 to September 10, salia, or Exeter to the General Grant Highway 65, 53 miles; to General are held benearh the General Grant an auto stage of the Sequoia and Gen­ Grove Section, via Giant Forest, $8 per Grant Grove Section, and thence to the Tree, designated in 1925 as the Na­ eral Grant National Parks Co. leaves passenger. "On Call" stage service by floor of the South Fork of Kings River tion's Christmas Tree. These services Fresno daily at 8:15 a. m. by way of advance reservation is available from Canyon, 30 miles. This new State road have been broadcast over Nation-wide Visalia and Exeter, arriving at Giant Fresno to the General Grant Grove Sec­ into the canyon ends at Cedar Grove hook-ups, and Presidential messages Forest about 12:15 p. m. An auto stage tion direct (not including Sequoia Na­ in the , where have constituted a part of the program. leaves Giant Forest at 1:45 p. m. for the tional Park) at $6, one way, and $9, public campgrounds, now administered When the weather is favorable, a large return trip to Fresno, via the General round trip. All-expense tours, including by the National Park Service, are avail­ audience attends this unique ceremony. Grant Grove Section, over the spectacu- sightseeing and all accommodations and able.

10 Kings Canyon National Park • California Kings Canyon National Park • California 11 Trips up the canyon into the park, Grove, 22 miles; or by Elizabeth Pass or into the high country, must be (11,200 feet), or Colby Pass (12,000 made on foot or on horseback: Cedar feet), or Foresters Pass (13,200 feet), Grove to Kanawyers, on Copper Creek, from Sequoia National Park. 8 miles; Paradise Valley, 12.8 miles; 5. From Fresno to Huntington Vidette Meadows, 19-8 miles; Kear- Lake, Highway 168, to end of road at sarge Pass, 28 miles; Simpson Mead­ Florence Lake, 84 miles; thence by ows, on Middle Fork, 28 miles. trail through Blaney Meadows, 6 miles; 2. From Fresno, via the Shaver Colby Meadows, in Evolution Valley, Lake Road, Highway 168, with turnoff 18.6 miles; , 30.4 miles. at Shaver Lake, to Dinkey Creek and East Side Entrances: 1. An easy to Cliff Camp, thence by trail to Gnat approach by road is from Bishop, Inyo Meadow, 14 miles; also by rough road County, up Bishop Creek, Highway 168, via Trimmer and Balch Power House to Parcher's Resort, 20 miles; and to Crabtrees, and thence by the poor thence by trail over Bishop Pass and very steep Tehipite Trail to Te- (12,000 feet), 7 miles, and down Duzy hipite Valley, on the Middle Fork of Creek to the Middle Fork of Kings Kings River, Simpson Meadows, 29 River, 12 miles; Simpson Meadows, miles; or over Hell-for-Sure Pass, 25.2 miles. 11,300 feet, 25 miles, into Goddard 2. From Junction on Highway 6, Canyon, 28 miles; or Evolution Valley, 8 miles north of Independence, Inyo 33 miles. County, via Sawmill Creek Road, 2 3. From Visalia (53 miles), High­ miles; and thence by trail over Sawmill way 65, to General Grant Grove Sec­ Pass to Woods Lake and Woods Creek, tion, and thence along the Generals 10.5 miles; Rae Lakes, 17.5 miles; Highway toward Giant Forest, 8 miles, Sixty Lake Basin, 24.7 miles. to a side road to Big Meadows and ex­ 3. Easiest approach is from Inde­ tended narrow road to Horse Corral pendence, Inyo County, via Independ­ Meadow; thence by trail to the floor of ence Creek Road, Highway 180, to the South Fork of Kings River Canyon, Onion Valley; thence by trail over via either the Sheep Creek Trail to Kearsarge Pass (11,823 feet), 4 miles, Cedar Grove, 8 miles; or Scaffold to Bullfrog Lakes, 6 miles; to head of Meadow and the Sphinx Trail to Bubbs Bubbs Creek, 7.2 miles; Glenn Pass, Creek, 21 miles. 8.2 miles; Rae Lakes, 11.6 miles. 4. From Visalia or Exeter to Giant 4. From Independence, Inyo Coun­ Forest in Sequoia National Park on ty, up Symmes Creek Road, 9 miles; and Highway 198; and by the Generals thence by trail over Shepherd Pass, 7.5 Highway to General Grant Grove Sec­ miles; to Tyndall Creek, 11.5 miles; tion, 30 miles; and State Highway No. and over Foresters Pass (13,200 feet), 180, to the floor of Kings Canyon, 30 16.5 miles; into Bubbs Creek, 23-5 miles; or by trail from Giant Forest miles. over J. O. Pass (9,410 feet), Cedar 5. From Lone Pine, Inyo County, to MAP OF KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK Kings Canyon National Park * California 13 12 Kings Canyon National Park • California Whitney Portal, 14 miles; thence by The rent by the day is from $2 for one changed slightly since issuance, but SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY trail over Whitney Pass, 12 miles; and person to $4.50 for five. By the week, the latest rates approved by the Secre­ Brewer, William H. "Up and Down Foresters Pass, 35.5 miles—park boun­ the rates for these housekeeping cot­ tary of the Interior are on file at park California in 1860-1864." Yale Uni­ dary—open only after middle of July; tages range from $12 for one person to headquarters. versity Press, New Haven. 1930. and head of Bubbs Creek, 42.5 miles. $27 for five. Water for drinking and Farquhar, Francis P. "Place Names of The following resorts in the Sequoia This is the best route if trip to Mount cooking is piped conveniently to each the High Sierra." , San National Forest are located conven­ Whitney is included. camp, and laundry tubs with hot water Francisco. 1926. "Exploration of the iently on or near the entrance highway: Sierra Nevada." California Historical are available without extra charge. Society Quarterly. San Francisco, Hume Lake Resort.—Hotel, store, ACCOMMODATIONS AND At Meadow Shelter Camp are par­ California. March 1925. cabins, free campgrounds, 4 miles dis­ EXPENSES tially furnished housekeeping cabins Fry, Walter, and White, John R. "The tant on a side road. equipped with furniture, but no bed­ Big Trees." Stanford University The nearest lodge and cabin facilities Press. 1930. Revised edition 1938. Barton's Resort.—Gas, cabins, light within the Kings Canyon National Park ding or utensils. The rates are $1.50 Jordan, David Starr. "The Alps of the are to be found at the General Grant a day for one or two persons and 50c a lunches, soft drinks. King (s)-Kern Divide." San Fran­ Grove Section and at Giant Forest, Se­ day for each additional person. Linen, Horseshoe Bend Resort. — Service cisco. 1907. quoia National Park. It is 30 miles blankets, and all other camping equip­ station, AAA towing, store, cabin, King, Clarence. "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada." 1872. New edi­ from the General Grant Grove Section ment may be rented. A modern sanitary meals. tions 1874, 1902, 1935. toilet and bathhouse is centrally lo­ by the State Highway to Cedar Grove Matthes, Francois E. "Kings River Can­ on the floor of Kings Canyon; and from cated, and laundry tubs with hot water yon and ." Sierra Giant Forest it is 30 miles to the Gen­ are available without extra charge. MISCELLANEOUS Club Bulletin, 1926, Vol. 12, No. 3. SERVICES eral Grant Grove Section over the Gen­ In Grant Grove Village there is a Muir, John. "Our National Parks." erals Highway. Trips to the floor of 1901 and later editions. "A Rival of Coffee Shop where combination break­ At Genetal Grant Grove Section will the Yosemite." Century Magazine, Kings Canyon can be made easily from fasts are provided from 25 cents to 65 be found the following facilities: Post November 1891. either of these two points. cents and luncheons and dinners from office; telephone; free county library, Shirley, Clifford J. "Redwoods of Coast Grant Grove Lodge and Meadow 50 cents to $1, as well as sandwich and village market offering groceries, meats, and Sierra." 1936. Shelter Camp in the General Grant a la carte service. A soda fountain is Starr, Walter A., Jr. "Guide to the John fresh vegetables, and milk, at reasonable Muir Trail and the High Sierra Re­ Grove Section are operated by the Se­ located in the Coffee Shop, and photo­ prices; gasoline service station; saddle gion." Sierra Club. San Francisco, quoia and General Grant National graphic supplies and souvenirs are ob­ and pack horses; curios; and coffee 1934. Parks Co. The season is from May 15 tainable at the Studio. At Grant Grove shop. White, Stewart Edward. "The Pass." to November 15. Grant Grove Lodge is Market, supplies of all kinds are avail­ 1906. "The Mountains," 1904. a colony of comfortable rustic cabins, able, including staple groceries and Whitney, Joseph Dwight. "Reports of with and without private bath, and canned goods, fresh meats, produce, SADDLE HORSES AND the Geological Survey of California." Geology, Vol. 1, 1865. Sierra Club milk, baked goods, drug sundries, hard­ PACK STOCK bungalow tent cottages grouped around Bulletins, 1893 to date. a central office and lounge building with ware, fishing tackle, etc. Fishing licenses Pack trips to Kings Canyon and massive stone fireplace. A modern sani­ are obtainable at the market. There are other sections of the High Sierra may MAPS tary toilet and bathhouse is centrally lo­ also a service station and repair garage be arranged. Saddle horses and pack cated. European plan lodging rates equipped for emergency road service. mules cost $1.50 to $3 a day; burros, $1 U. S. Geological Survey Topographic range in price from $2.50 a day for Maps: Mount Goddatd, Bishop, Te- For further information on transpor­ a day; guides or packers, $5 a day; hipite, and Quad­ two persons in a room without bath tation and all accommodations and cooks, $6 a day. Riding and pack ani­ rangles. Price, 10c each. From Geo­ (double bed) to $6 a day for two per­ services address: Sequoia and General mals can be obtained at various places. logical Survey, , D. C. sons in a room with bath (twin beds). Grant National Parks Co., Sequoia Na­ The names and addresses of these pack­ National Park Service Administrative A few bungalow tents are completely tional Park, Calif. ers may be secured by addressing the Map of Sequoia and General Grant National Parks. Price, 25 cents each. equipped for housekeeping with all This booklet is issued once a year and Assistant Superintendent, Kings Can­ necessary utensils, bedding, and linen. From Geological Survey, Washing­ the rates mentioned herein may have yon National Park, Calif. ton, D. C.

14 Kings Canyon National Park * California Kings Canyon National Park * California 15 RULES AND REGULATIONS tions. Dead and down timber, except (Briefed) sequoia, may be used for firewood. Live growth must not be in any way injured. Let no one say, and say it to your shame, Animals, Birds.—Do not kill, cap­ That all was beauty here until you came. ture, or scare. They are your friends. The park regulations are designed for Feeding, touching, teasing, or molest­ the protection of the natural beauties ing bears is prohibited. and scenery as well as for the comfort Dogs and Cats.—Dogs and cats are and convenience of visitors. Complete prohibited on the Government lands in tegulations may be seen at park head­ the park unless such animals are on quarters. The following synopsis is for leash, crated, or otherwise under phys­ the general guidance of visitors, who ical restrictive control at all times: Pro­ are requested to assist the administra­ vided, however, that the Superintend­ tion by obsetving the rules. ent may designate ateas to which dogs Park Signs—Please read them; they and cats may not be admitted. are for your protection and guidance. Fishing.—Get a State license. Spec­ Fires.—Light carefully and in desig­ ial limits apply in certain streams; nated places. Extinguish completely be­ otherwise the limit is 15 fish a day or fore leaving camp even for temporary 7 pounds and 1 fish. Avoid closed absence. Do not guess your fire is out—- waters. know* it. Hunting, Firearms.—Hunting and Smoking Restrictions.—No smok­ trapping are not allowed in the park. ing will be allowed during the fire Firearms must be sealed at entrance. season while visitors are in motion on Noises.—Be quiet in camp after 10 roads or trails in the park. Smoking is p. m. Many people come here for rest. permitted in camps or at stations. No outboard motors allowed on-lakes Warning signs will indicate the season or srreams. of fire hazards and will be removed Automobiles.—Drive carefully. Keep only when danger from this source is cut-outs closed. Obey park traffic rules. over. Watch the signs. The automobile, trailer, or motorcycle Camps.—Keep your camp clean. As fee is $1, good for calendar year in far as possible burn garbage in camp- Kings Canyon and Sequoia National fire and put empty cans and residue Parks. into garbage cans or pits provided. If Park Rangers.—The rangers are here no can or pit is provided, bury the to help and advise you as well as to en­ refuse. force the regulations. When in doubt, Trash.—Do not throw paper, lunch ask a ranger. refuse, kodak cartons, chewing gum Penalties.—Please study the regula­ paper, or other trash on trails, roads, or tions. We shall enforce rhem as courte­ elsewhere. Carry until you can burn in ously and liberally as possible; but camp or place in receptacle. deliberate infraction may bting penalty Trees, Shrubs, Flowers. — Do not not to exceed $500 fine or 6 months touch them until you know the regula­ imprisonment, or both.

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