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Sequoia National Park located in the southern Sierra Nevada. The park is 1.635 km2 of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 4,000 m, the park contains the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, at 4.421 m above sea level. The park is south of, and contiguous with, Kings Canyon National Park. UNESCO designated the areas as Sequoia-Kings Canyon Biosphere Reserve in 1976.
The park is notable for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume. The General Sherman tree grows in the Giant Forest, which contains five of the ten largest trees in the world. The Giant Forest is connected by the Generals Highway to Kings Canyon National Park's General Grant Grove, home of the General Grant tree among other giant sequoias.
The vast majority of the park is roadless wilderness; no road crosses the Sierra Nevada within the park's boundaries.
