Kings Canyon National Park

Fun Facts at Kings Canyon National Park (https://morethanjustparks.com/10-fascinating-facts-about-kings-canyon-national-park-to-know/)

• The park is named after a deep and narrow canyon that was carved by the Kings River over thousands of years.

• The park is 720 square miles

• Kings Canyon has a diverse landscape which includes forests of pin and oak trees, grasslands and wetlands

• Animals found in the park include black bears, bighorn sheep and over 250 species of birds

• The park has four peaks over 14,000 feet and the lowest elevation is 4,000 feet

• The park was established in 1940

It is 2,093 miles between Kings Canyon National Park and Stillwater, MN

At Kings Canyon National Park I will be camping on Monache, Yokuts, Tubatulabal, Paiute, and Western Shoshone land. I give thanks for their presence here since time immemorial and honor all my Indigenous siblings who have and continue to call this land their home.