Giant Sequoia National Monument

Infobox Protected area | name = Giant Sequoia National Monument
iucn_category = III

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caption =
locator_x = 22
locator_y = 86
location = Tulare, Fresno and Kern counties, California, USA
nearest_city = Porterville, CA
lat_degrees = 36
lat_minutes = 2
lat_seconds = 24
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 30
long_seconds = 16
long_direction = W
area = 327,769 acres (1,326 km²)
established = April 15, 2000
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visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

The Giant Sequoia National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the southern Sierra Nevada in central California. It is administered by the United States Forest Service as part of the Sequoia National Forest and includes 38 from the 39 Giant Sequoia groves that located in the Sequoia National Forest, about half of the sequoia groves currently in existence, including one of the ten largest Giant Sequoias, the Boole Tree, which is 269 feet (82 meters) high with a base circumference of 112 feet (34 meters). The forest covers 824 square miles (1,326 square kilometers).

The monument is in two sections. The northern section surrounds Grant Grove and other parts of Kings Canyon National Park. The southern section is directly south of Sequoia National Park, surrounding the eastern half of the Tule River Indian Reservation.

The Giant Sequoia National Monument was proclaimed by President Bill Clinton on April 15, 2000.

"See also:" Ecology of the Sierra Nevada

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/ Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument]
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/photo_galleries/giant_sequoia/giant_sequoia_photo_gallery.html Photo Gallery] of several groves within the monument
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/gsnm/overview.html Overview, Creation, and Administration of the Monument (includes proclamation establishing monument in April 2000)]