Sequoia National Park

[ si-kwoi-uh nash-uh-nl pahrk, nash-nuhl ]

noun

1. a national park in east-central California noted for its giant sequoias, including the General Sherman tree, and for containing Mount Whitney, the highest point in the conterminous United States: contiguous with Kings Canyon National Park. 631 square miles (1,635 square kilometers).

Sequoia National Park

noun

1. a national park in central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: established in 1890 to protect groves of giant sequoias, some of which are about 4000 years old. Area: 1556 sq km (601 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sequoia National Park¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

You’ll pass through the idyllic town of Three Rivers before entering Sequoia National Park.

From Los Angeles Times

Then his note let me have it for overlooking the General Sherman Tree and its companion sequoias in Sequoia National Park.

From Los Angeles Times

The next day we went to Sequoia National Park.

From Los Angeles Times

The High Sierra — straightforwardly named for its lofty elevation — runs north from Lake Tahoe to the Golden Trout Wilderness, south of Sequoia National Park.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1984, the budding tree scientist packed his 12-speed bicycle and left Chicago on a Greyhound bus to spend the summer as a short-order cook in California’s Sequoia National Park.

From Seattle Times