General Grant Grove

I thought I had seen big trees but this grove takes “tall trees” to a whole new level. Holy cow! If you’re on your way out of Hume Lake or Kings Canyon you have to stop here to check out the trees and pleasant walking paths. Highly recommend coming earlier rather than later in the day because by the time we were leaving around 9:45am the parking lot was starting to fill up. Lots of deer too!

2nd biggest tree in the world…incredibly massive and humbling to stand beside; a must-see highlight of Kings Canyon National Park!

This grove is an awe-inspiring, wonderful place. There is a pleasant hiking trail that takes you past some dramatically impressive Giant Sequoia, including the General Grant Tree itself. A great place to go hiking and there are nice visitors center facilities, including a restaurant and store nearby if you need to stock up on supplies. Well worth the long windy drive to reach Kings Canyon National Park and this remarkable grove.

Quick drive from Sequoia National Park to see world's second largest tree. There are many trails, hundreds of species of plants and giant sequoias. Gift shop near the visitor center is pretty cool to collect souvenirs. Totally recommend visiting if you are driving through. Trail to the general grant tree is about half a mile round trip.

You'll pay $35 to enter the park per vehicle but if you have an annual pass ($80) you'll be able to enter and exit without paying the fees. The roads were plowed from the north park entrance down to Grant Grove as of Feb. 2022. The trees themselves are absolutely stunning, especially in contrast with the snow. There were very few people in the grove.

General grants Grove was so much fun! The trees were beautiful. They are so big and impressive. I wish I could just live there. You truly feel like you are in the presence of greatness being around these trees! I felt true serenity here!

It's beautiful to see but pay $30 for a Rv and only have a good parking place at this point is a little bit crazy, maybe you have more parking spots but we didn't see other ones. The tree is amazing to see also other Tree around it. Be aware you have to walk down to see it but you have also to go up to go back to the parking lot 🥵🥵

The Grant Grove in an area of high elevation where sequoia trees can thrive in the Kings Canyon National Park. Interestingly, this used to be a separate General Grant National Park created in 1890 but was folded into Kings Canyon NP when it was formally created in 1940. Within the Grove, visitors will find day hikes including the General Grant Trail, a .5 mile loop trail which takes in the General Grant Tree, the 2nd largest in the world by volume only surpassed by the General Sherman Tree further south in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park. On the trail, you'll see numerous other giant sequoias as well as felled giants like the Fallen Monarch. You will also see attractions such as the historic Gamlin Cabin along this trail. The Grant Grove also includes the sobering Big Stump trail, allowing visitors opportunity to see a Sequoia graveyard of sorts, a location which was logged during the late 19th century, resulting in a forest and landscape dotted with giant sequoia trunks. Very sad when you see the size of some of the big stumps in this area. There is also the Grant Grove Village which includes the Kings Canyon Visitor Centre, Gift Shop, Restaurant, Market, U.S. Post Office as well as accommodations for those interested in staying in this area of the park. We very much enjoyed a couple days hiking in this area of Kings Canyon National Park. During April, there was still snow on the ground in many of the areas around the Grant Grove, that was nice to see.