Choosing between Yosemite and Sequoia is no easy task – both offer stunning landscapes, epic hiking trails, and unforgettable views. But if time is limited and you can only pick one, which park ...

Before the sequoias that now make up several national parks in California were preserved, they were cut down to prove their existence in a then-nascent United States.

Perfect weather, stunning scenery, and more room to roam—here’s why spring and fall are the best times to visit.

Yosemite fire: Why giant sequoia trees are surviving now when others died in recent fires Years of controlled burns have thinned flammable material in Mariposa Grove, paying off during Washburn ...

The wildfire that is threatening an iconic grove of sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park could now affect human health hundreds of miles in the opposite direction.

Yosemite’s sequoias survived the latest wildfire. Not all national parks will be so lucky A firefighter walks near the Mariposa Grove as the Washburn fire burns in Yosemite National Park on July 7.

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park, California, is open after the Washburn Fire. Info about trails, shuttle buses & the nearby Oak Fire.

Dickman, the Yosemite ecologist, said the forest treatments conducted by the Park Service saved the giant sequoias from the Washburn Fire. “They’ll certainly survive it,” Dickman said.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Last year and the year before, in an unprecedented environmental disaster, wildfires in California’s Sequoia National Park and nearby national forests roared through ...