Moro Rock
For a beautiful view of the western portion of the park, trek to the top of Moro Rock. The granite rock juts out over the Giant Forest and gives you breathtaking views of the western half of the park all the way east to the Great Western Divide, a row of peaks that separate Sequoia and Kings Canyon.
Moro Rock is accessible by climbing 350 stairs that were formed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. It takes about 15 minutes to get to the top, which puts you 6,500 feet above sea level.
One promise: the view is well worth the climb.
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Crescent Meadow/Tharp's Log
John Muir called Crescent Meadow "The Gem of the Sierras" and it's hard not to see the tree-less meadow amid the forest of giant sequoias and not be a little taken aback.
Keep walking along the Crescent Meadow Trail and you'll find Tharp's Log, a hollowed out fallen Sequoia tree that was made into a summer home for Hale Tharp. For almost 30 years, Tharp spent his summers in this little one bedroom treehouse, and Muir came to visit many times. Tharp's Log is located next to another meadow, and surrounded by 2,000-year-old sequoia trees.
