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Kings Canyon National Park

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Kings Canyon National Park, 461,901 acres (187,070 hectares), E central California. Largely wilderness, the park features summits of the High Sierras and two enormous canyons on the Kings River. General Grant Grove, with giant sequoias, is a detached section of the park and was formerly the General Grant National Park (est. 1890). Kings Canyon was established as a national park in 1940 and adjoins Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park, 402,510 acres (162,960 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890. In the park are 35 groves of giant sequoias, spectacular granite mountains, and deep canyons.
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; the two are administered as a single unit. See National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments

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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Kings Canyon National Park

National park, Sierra Nevadas, south-central California, U.S. Occupying an area of 722 sq mi (1,870 sq km), it is administered along with the adjacent Sequoia National Park. Established in 1940, it contains giant sequoia trees. Its most spectacular feature is Kings Canyon on the Kings River, which was carved by glacial action.



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During its 23 years of operations, CCC's Backcountry Program has worked extensively in Yosemite National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park, Pinnacles National Monument as well as Big Basin State Park and California Redwoods State Parks.
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK - Mickey Powell says he knows nothing about any maddening summer crowds when he travels to his favorite destination in the Sierra Nevada.
The monument is divided into two parcels, the northern unit, adjacent to the western side of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (considered one big preserve), and the southern unit, extending to the south of the national parks.
 
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