Sequoia National Park
Forested mountains in the southern Sierra Nevada, protected in 1890 for their giant sequoias, among them the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume. The park's eastern edge reaches Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States.
- Where
- Three Rivers, California, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 36.5647, -118.7728
Get the Sequoia National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sequoia National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your California volume with your photos and a note.
Near Sequoia National Park
Yosemite National Park 147 km
A park in the Sierra Nevada known for its granite cliffs, waterfalls and groves of giant sequoias, and a World Heritage Site since 1984. Almost all of it is wilderness, and the valley at its centre, walled in by El Capitan and Half Dome, is where most visitors begin.
Half Dome 148 km
A granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley, with three smooth rounded sides and one sheer face, so that it looks like a dome cut in two. Its summit stands more than 2,680 metres above sea level.
Death Valley National Park 172 km
A vast desert park east of the Sierra Nevada, straddling the California and Nevada border. It holds the lowest point in North America at Badwater Basin and some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, with salt flats, dunes and coloured hills between bare mountain ranges.
Big Sur 261 km
A rugged stretch of California's Central Coast between Carmel and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise straight out of the Pacific. Highway 1 clings to the cliffs above the sea, past redwood canyons, beaches and the arch of Bixby Bridge.
Gurdwara Sahib Stockton 269 km
The first Sikh house of worship in the United States, in the Central Valley city of Stockton. It was opened in 1912 by Punjabi settlers who had come to work the farms of the valley, and it still serves as a gurdwara today.
Universal Studios Hollywood 273 km
One of the oldest Hollywood film studios still at work, in Universal City, which has grown into a theme park. It began as tours of the real studio sets, still run today on the tram tour, and now has rides built on Universal's films alongside them.
Hollywood Sign 273 km
Nine white letters, each almost 14 metres tall, on the slope of Mount Lee above Los Angeles. Put up in 1923 as an advertisement for a housing estate called Hollywoodland, it lost its last four letters in 1949 and was rebuilt in steel in 1978.
Malibu Hindu Temple 275 km
A temple to Lord Venkateswara in the Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu, built in 1981 in the traditional South Indian style. Run by the Hindu Temple Society of Southern California, it holds daily rituals and festival ceremonies led by its priests.
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Questions
Where is Sequoia National Park?
Sequoia National Park is in Three Rivers, California, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Yosemite National Park (147 km), Half Dome (148 km), Death Valley National Park (172 km).
How do I get the Sequoia National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sequoia National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your California volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Sequoia National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your California volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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