CALIFORNIA

Me @ Grizzly Falls

This is one of the beautiful waterfalls in the Sierra that can be accessed without any hiking at all. Grizzly Falls is just several steps away from the Grizzly Falls Picnic Area, on Highway 180 going to Cedar Grove. Driving to Kings Canyon alone, even without leaving the car, you are already afforded magnificent sights. Granite and metamorphosed marble rocks dominate the scenery.

Metamorphosed Rocks @ River Gorge on the way to Grizzly Falls

With an amazing change in vegetation. At one point you are seeing an almost desert scenery,

A Lookout Point Along Hwy 180 going to Grizzly Falls and Cedar Grove

and at another point you are seeing a forest of giant trees, rushing streams and beautiful meadows.

near Road’s End of Kings Canyon National Park

Grizzly Falls is about 75 ft tall waterfall, and the water drops dramatically during spring. We went there early summer of this year, and the waterfall was still decent. However, they say in the late summer, the waterfall is but a trickle.

Grizzly Falls, Early Summer 2008

Grizzly Falls, Early Summer 2008

You can visit Grizzly Falls when you visit Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park. These two National Parks are adjacent to each other. They are found in the Southern Sierra of California. Both Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park are about 4 hours drive from Los Angeles. They are two National Parks also worth visiting, worth enjoying and worth exploring.

 More of Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park to come………