| Sequoia Groves |
| According to Dwight Willard (author of "Guide to the Sequoia Groves of California"), there are 67 sequoia groves. Sequoia NF and the Giant Sequoia National Monument contain all or part of 38. 18 are entirely within Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs. 3 are in Yosemite National Park (Tuolumne, Merced, and Mariposa Groves). 2 are in Calaveras State Park (North and South Calaveras Groves). 2 are in the Sierra National Forest (Nelder and McKinley Groves). One is on the Tahoe National Forest (Placer County Grove) One is on BLM land (Case Mountain Grove). One is entirely within the Tule River Indian Reservation (Parker Peak Grove). One is partly in Balch County Park (Mountain Home Grove). Sometimes you see different answers for the total number of groves. Some people split the McIntyre grove into 3 groves, the McIntyre, Wheel Meadow, and Belknap Groves. Likewise the Mountain Home Grove is sometimes split into 3, the Mountain Home, Middle Tule, and Upper Tule Groves. These differences account for the discrepencies. Here are the groves I've been to, 29 of them! (Listed north to south) North & South Calaveras Groves - Calaveras Big Trees State Park Tuolumne Grove - Yosemite NP Mariposa Grove - Yosemite NP Converse Basin - Sequoia NF Indian Basin - Sequoia NF Kennedy Grove - Sequoia NF Bearskin Grove - Sequoia NF Big Stump Grove - Sequoia NF and Kings Canyon NP Grant Grove - Sequoia NF and Kings Canyon NP Redwood Mountain Grove - Sequoia NF and Kings Canyon NP Lost Grove - Sequoia NP Muir Grove - Sequoia NP Giant Forest - Sequoia NP Redwood Meadow Grove - Sequoia NP Atwell-East Fork Grove - Sequoia NP Garfield-Dillonwood Grove - Sequoia NP and Sequoia NF Mountain Home Grove - Sequoia NF, Mountain Home SF, Balch County Park Wishon Grove - Sequoia NF Alder Creek Grove - Sequoia NF, private Freeman Creek Grove - Sequoia NF McIntyre Grove - Sequoia NF Black Mountain Grove - Sequoia NF, Tule River Indian Reservation Red Hill Grove - Sequoia NF Long Meadow Grove - Sequoia NF Cunningham Grove - Sequoia NF Packsaddle Grove - Sequoia NF Starvation Creek Grove - Sequoia NF Deer Creek Grove - Sequoia NF Groves that are high on my list (let me know if you'd like to go explore them with me!) Placer County Grove (northernmost grove) - Tahoe NF Merced Grove - Yosemite NP Nelder Grove - Sierra NF McKinley Grove - Sierra NF Suwanee Grove - Sequoia NP Skagway Grove - Sequoia NP Evans Grove - Sequoia NF Boulder Creek & Little Boulder Creek Groves - Sequoia NF Case Mountain Grove - BLM near Sequoia NP Southern Sequoia Groves Back to Sequoias Back to Tarol's Homepage |