This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

Redwood Canyon and Muir Grove are also great ... and Middle Forks of the Kaweah River and is home to more than 8,000 sequoias – the most of any grove in the park. Start your visit at the ...