Visit the Kings Canyon Visitor Center

Learn about the sequoia groves at the Kings Canyon Visitor Center.

Depending on your journey, you've either passed through the Big Stump Entrance Station or you're about to leave the park for the next chapter in your trip. If you just arrived, you might be about to embark on the Generals Highway towards places like the Giant Forest or Lodgepole. Take a moment to stop at the Kings Canyon Visitor Center. Get information about the road ahead. Pick up some maps, books, and gifts. Use the restrooms. Browse exhibits about sequoia ecology and human history of the groves. Take a moment to watch the 15-minute park movie. Join a free ranger-led program if one's on the schedule.

It's all here. 

Details

Duration

5-75 Minutes

Activity

Museum Exhibits

Pets Allowed

No

Service animals allowed

Activity Fee

No

(Entrance fee may apply).

Reservations

No

Season

Year Round

Accessibility Information

Accessible restrooms are available outside the visitor center and also in the village restaurant. Outside the visitor center, you’ll also find a lowered pay phone, water fountains, a water bottle filling station, and benches. Kings Canyon Visitor Center features barrier-free access to educational exhibits, films, information, and a park store. Rangers provide information at low and standing desks. A park film shows in a small theater with bench seating and wheelchair space. Ask at the information desk for assistive listening and audio description receivers to use for the film. The exhibit hall also includes tactile, three-dimensional models of local wildlife.

Soundscapes Exhibit: At Kings Canyon Visitor Center, immerse yourself in the diverse soundscapes of the parks, from birds calling in the grassy foothills to bighorn sheep clashing in the high mountains. This accessible exhibit features high-quality audio paired with open-captioned video.

Parking: The Grant Grove Village parking lot has five designated accessible spaces with access aisles. A wide, paved route provides access from the parking lot to the visitor center, restrooms, restaurant, and market center.