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Giant Sequoia National Monument – North – California

Images of Giant Sequoia National Monument – Central California, taken in September 2018.

Giant Sequoia National Monument is curated by the United States Forest Service (USFS) and is split into two sections both of which further protect the areas around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The southern section contains several Sequoia groves while the northern section is largely made up of rugged mountain landscapes.

This park has some incredible scenery but since “Sequoia” is in the name I really wanted to find a tree to photograph for my gallery. Now I’d photographed hundreds of Sequoias in the past two weeks so I could’ve used one of those pictures, no one would ever know, but that would be wrong so instead I drove through the northern section of the park several times in search of an accessible Sequoia Grove ultimately coming up empty. What I did find were a lot of Sequoia stumps in several areas that had been completely logged in the late 1890s before the area was protected. It really is fortunate that Sequoia National Park was set aside in the late 1800’s or it would’ve been a victim too. So the Sequoia stumps were the story of the northern section of this national monument and I got pictures of those…so at least I got that going for me!
Mountainous range along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Mountainous range along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument 		Early morning sunlight along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Early morning sunlight along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 The Kings Canyon Scenic Byway dwarfed by a rock wall in Giant Sequoia National Monument
The Kings Canyon Scenic Byway dwarfed by a rock wall in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Early morning sunlight on the rugged landscape in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Early morning sunlight on the rugged landscape in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 The morning sun silhouettes a peak along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
The morning sun silhouettes a peak along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Boyden Rock (3,063 ft) along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Boyden Rock (3,063 ft) along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Grizzly Falls along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Grizzly Falls along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Close up of Grizzly Falls in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Close up of Grizzly Falls in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Rocky ridge near Boyden Rock in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Rocky ridge near Boyden Rock in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Mountain peak along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Mountain peak along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Granite outcropping along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Granite outcropping along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Pass at Boyden Rock along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Pass at Boyden Rock along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Boyden Rock along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Boyden Rock along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Granite outcropping in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Granite outcropping in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Rugged landscape along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Rugged landscape along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Area near Boyden Rock along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Area near Boyden Rock along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Rocky granite peak in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Rocky granite peak in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Rugged landscape in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Rugged landscape in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Towering cliff along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Towering cliff along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
View into Kings Canyon from Giant Sequoia National Monument
View into Kings Canyon from Giant Sequoia National Monument		 The Chicago Stump in the Converse Basin in Giant Sequoia National Monument
The Chicago Stump in the Converse Basin in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Afternoon sun on the Chicago Stump in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Afternoon sun on the Chicago Stump in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 The massive Chicago Stump in Giant Sequoia National Monument
The massive Chicago Stump in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Mountainous landscape viewed from the Buck Rock area in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Mountainous landscape viewed from the Buck Rock area in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Young Giant Sequoia in the Converse Basin in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Young Giant Sequoia in the Converse Basin in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Mt. Goddard (13,568 ft) in the distance from Giant Sequoia National Monument
Mt. Goddard (13,568 ft) in the distance from Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Squirrel on a granite rock in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Squirrel on a granite rock in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Meadow near Quail Flat in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Meadow near Quail Flat in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Fruit on a bush in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Fruit on a bush in Giant Sequoia National Monument
View from the Big Meadows area in Giant Sequoia National Monument
View from the Big Meadows area in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Close up of a mountainous area in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Close up of a mountainous area in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Streamlined cloud formation over in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Streamlined cloud formation over in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Stump Meadow along the Boole Tree road in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Stump Meadow along the Boole Tree road in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Looking into Kings Canyon from the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Looking into Kings Canyon from the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Giant Sequoia National Monument
View of rugged landscape from the Hume Lake road in Giant Sequoia National Monument
View of rugged landscape from the Hume Lake road in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Hume Lake in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Hume Lake in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 The Obelisk (9,700 ft), viewed from Hume Lake, in Giant Sequoia National Monument
The Obelisk (9,700 ft), viewed from Hume Lake, in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Looking across Hume Lake in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Looking across Hume Lake in Giant Sequoia National Monument		 Buck Rock (8,500 ft) as seen from near Quail Flat on the Hume Lake road in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Buck Rock (8,500 ft) as seen from near Quail Flat on the Hume Lake road in Giant Sequoia National Monument

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