Why is the Sequoia National forest closed?

2023 Closures The following areas are closed due to impacts from 2022-2023 winter storms: Crystal Cave: closed for 2023 due to damage to Crystal Cave Road. Mineral King: No public access for the 2023 season. Cedar Grove: Highway 180 to Cedar Grove was severely damaged and will not open in 2023.



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Sequoia & Kings Canyon – 75 deaths There were 25 fatal falls between 2010-2020 and 13 drownings.

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Six fires, occurring between 2015 and 2021 killed many large sequoias in numerous groves across the Sierra Nevada (Figure 1). More than 85 percent of all giant sequoia grove acreage across the Sierra Nevada has burned in wildfires between 2015 and 2021, compared to only one quarter in the preceding century.

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Located in the Giant Forest surrounded by mature giant sequoia trees, tunnel log fell across the road nearly a century ago. National park visitors and tourists can come drive their vehicles through this fallen giant sequoia. This is a must stop spot inside the park.

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Sequoia is far less crowded. The redwood groves are unparalleled in all of nature, and while Yosemite has the amazing rock domes and waterfalls, Sequoia has the best forest in all the world.

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Q: Can you drive through Sequoia National Park? Visitors can drive through Sequoia into Kings Canyon National Parks along the Generals Highway during the spring into the fall. Winter snows may cause the road between the parks to be closed in winter. However, both parks are open year round.

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The search for a California backpacker who went missing in Sequoia National Park this weekend has come to a happy close. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks' Facebook page posted an update late Monday afternoon confirming that Bill Roberts, 76, of Lake Tahoe was found safely after a weekend-long search effort.

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Deadliest National Parks Overall
  1. Grand Canyon National Park. Grand Canyon National Park ranks first in fatalities for 2007-2023 with 134 deaths. ...
  2. Yosemite National Park. Yosemite National Park is second with 126 deaths. ...
  3. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park.


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The park is notable for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume. The General Sherman tree grows in the Giant Forest, which contains five of the ten largest trees in the world.

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Visit the Parker Group Sequoias This is a group of giant sequoia trees that are huddled close to each other. We were thrilled to get up and close to some of the largest Sequoia trees. Unlike the General Sherman Tree, which is fenced off, one can walk up close to these trees and even touch them.

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The trees are so huge, a hug is merely a fantasy. However, one already damaged tree, an iconic one foolishly cored for a road decades ago, is accessible enough to have your photo take inside, to touch, view up close and feel humbled by its age, its ability to recover and, of course, its enormity.

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