Park overview · SEQU

Sequoia.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

Sequoia National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit in CA (NPS unit code SEQU), built around the giant sequoia groves of the Giant Forest, including the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume, at 6,500 to 7,000 feet in the southern Sierra Nevada. It is administered jointly with the adjacent Kings Canyon National Park. The park recorded 1,378,337 recreation visits in 2025 and runs a 5-year mean of 1,176,245 annual visits. The busiest month is July and the quietest is February; because the groves sit high, the season is shaped by snow rather than heat. Winter visits run near a fifth of July's peak, with the groves reachable all year on the plowed, chain-controlled Generals Highway while Mineral King and the Moro Rock road close for snow. This page is the navigation anchor for Sequoia coverage on this site: the best-time-to-visit pillar covers month-by-month crowd, weather, and access including winter chain requirements, the Mineral King season, and Crystal Cave; the visitation page covers the long-run annual chart through the 2025 record.

Sequoia on this site.

Sequoia National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit designated as a National Park, located in CA (NPS unit code SEQU). For when to go, what each month looks like, and the access calendar, follow the best-time-to-visit page. For the long-run visitation history and the disruption events that shaped recent years, follow the visitation page.

Park data card

FieldValue
DesignationNational Park
StateCA
NPS unit codeSEQU
Latest annual visits (2025)1,378,337
5-year mean annual visits1,176,245
Busiest month (5-yr mean)July
Quietest month (5-yr mean)February

Month by month

Methodology

Identity, designation, and coordinates come from the official NPS unit page. Annual recreation visits, busiest month, and quietest month are computed from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025 on NPS IRMA Stats. This hub does not duplicate the per-month editorial that lives on the best-time page or the year-by-year chart that lives on the visitation page; follow those links for the deep view. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

Independence

Independent site. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service. Data comes from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025; editorial analysis is ours. The NPS Arrowhead and other NPS marks are not used.

Last updated · 2026-07-13