SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA – Are you planning to visit
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks this fall or winter? If so, here are a few trip-planning tips:
• Visitor Centers: Stop at a park visitor center for exhibits, films, books, maps, hats, postcards, etc.
All purchases support the parks! Hours and locations of visitor centers change in fall/winter. Info:www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm.
• Ranger-led Programs: For specific information about ranger-led or naturalist-led programs, visit www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/rangerprogsched.htm. Programs may be limited in fall and winter at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
• Food Service/Markets: For information about fall/winter hours and seasonal closing dates for food service and markets inside of the parks, visit www.nps.gov/seki/parknews/newspaper.htm.
• Fee Free Days: Consider a visit during one of our Fee Free Days (listed below), when you can enter Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and other national parks free-of-charge.
Four out of 14 campgrounds at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks have closed for the season: Dorst Creek, Crystal Springs, Sunset, and Moraine campgrounds.
While the majority of park campgrounds are first-come, first-serve, reservations may be available for Potwisha Campground (year-round), Buckeye Flat Campground (through the night of September 28, 2014), and at Lodgepole Campground (September 23, 2014: Last night for reservations; From September 24 through the night of October 20, 2014: first-come, first-serve camping). For reservations, call (877) 444-6777 or visit www.recreation.gov.
Some roads and parking areas are open during the fall or winter, weather-permitting, at
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. For road conditions, visit the parks’ website at: www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/road-conditions.htm
Generals Highway Reconstruction – On weekdays through October, expect road construction delays of 15 minutes-1 hour in Sequoia National Park: www.nps.gov/seki/parknews/index.htm.
• Shuttle Service:
No shuttle service is available at Sequoia National Park through November 26, 2014.
Holiday shuttle service will operate daily inside of Sequoia National Park from
November 27-30, 2014, and from December 26 - January 4, 2014, from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
All shuttle buses are wheelchair-accessible. Holiday shuttle service is limited to parking areas adjacent to the General Sherman Tree, Wolverton, and Wuksachi Lodge. Info:www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/parktransit.htm