Saturday, May 12, 2018

Foothills Visitor Center - Sequoia National Park


Foothills Visitor Center in Sequoia National Park is located about one mile beyond the Ash Mountain entrance station near Three Rivers, California. The visitor center houses all of the usual components of a park service visitor center including an information desk, gift shop, and exhibits. In addition, as we have begun to see in other areas, a donation box is prominently displayed. Restrooms with running water are located in the same building, but with a separate entrance. Unfortunately, there is no theater nor a park film. Since the visitor center was closing as we arrived a few days earlier, this was our final stop in Sequoia National Park during our March 2018 trip to California.

Entrance to the Visitor Center

Gift shop

Geography and geology exhibits

Hands on biology exhibit

Challenges facing the foothills

Photograph of the missing sign

Wildlife adaptations to climate changes

A short rainy season and then "a season of drought"

Entrance to Sequoia and/or Kings Canyon National Parks requires an entry fee of $30 per passenger vehicle for a 7-day pass. Any of the America the Beautiful passes may be used instead.

The park website is https://www.nps.gov/seki.

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