Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada, in and . Originally established in 1890 as General Grant National Park, the park was greatly expanded and renamed on March 4, 1940.
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  • Type: Valley with an elevation of 4,583 feet
  • Description: national park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA
  • Also known as: KICA”, “Kings Canyon National Park”, “Kings Canyon NP”, and “Kings River Canyon

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cedar Grove.

Hamlet
is an area within Kings Canyon National Park. Situated near the South Fork of the Kings River, in , , and are the only commercially developed areas in the park.

Kings Canyon

Latitude
36.79439° or 36° 47′ 40″ north
Longitude
-118.68427° or 118° 41′ 3″ west
Elevation
4,583 feet (1,397 metres)
Open location code
8583Q8V8+Q7
Geo­Names ID
5363370
Wiki­data ID
Q936623
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Satellite Map

Discover Kings Canyon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kings Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: متنزه كينغز كانيون الوطني
  • Balinese: Taman Nasional Kings Canyon
  • Balinese: Taman Nasional Ngarai Raja-Raja
  • Basque: Erregeen Arroilaren Parke Nazionala
  • Belarusian: Кінгс-Каньён
  • Belarusian: Нацыянальны парк Кінгс-Каньён
  • Catalan: Cañón de los Reyes
  • Catalan: Canyó Kings
  • Catalan: Kings Canyon National Park
  • Catalan: Kings Canyon
  • Catalan: Parc Nacional de Kings Canyon
  • Catalan: Parc Nacional del Kings Canyon
  • Cebuano: Kings Canyon National Park
  • Chinese: 国王峡谷国家公园
  • Chinese: 國王峽谷國家公園
  • Chinese: 金斯峡谷国家公园
  • Croatian: Nacionalni park Kings Canyon
  • Czech: Národní park Kings Canyon
  • Danish: Kings Canyon National Park
  • Dutch: Kings Canyon National Park
  • Dutch: Nationaal park Kings Canyon
  • Esperanto: Nacia Parko Reĝa Kanjono
  • Finnish: Kings Canyon
  • Finnish: Kings Canyonin kansallispuisto
  • French: Kings Canyon National Parks
  • French: parc national de Kings Canyon
  • French: Parc national de Kings Canyon
  • German: Kings Canyon
  • Hebrew: הפארק הלאומי קינגס קניון
  • Hebrew: פארק לאומי קינגס קניון
  • Icelandic: Kings Canyon-þjóðgarðurinn
  • Indonesian: Taman Nasional Kings Canyon
  • Italian: Kings Canyon National Park
  • Italian: Parco nazionale di Kings Canyon
  • Japanese: キングス・キャニオン国立公園
  • Japanese: キングズ・キャニオン国立公園
  • Korean: 킹스 캐니언 국립공원
  • Lithuanian: Karalių kanjono nacionalinis parkas
  • Lithuanian: Karalių Kanjono nacionalinis parkas
  • Lithuanian: Kings Kanjono nacionalinis parkas
  • Macedonian: Национален парк Кралски Кањон
  • Malayalam: കിംഗ്സ് കാന്യൺ ദേശീയോദ്യാനം
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kings Canyon nasjonalpark
  • Norwegian: Kings Canyon nasjonalpark
  • Persian: پارک ملی دره شاهان
  • Persian: پارک ملی کینگز کنیون
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Kings Canyon
  • Portuguese: Kings Canyon National Park
  • Portuguese: Parque Nacional de Kings Canyon
  • Portuguese: Parque Nacional do Cânion Kings
  • Portuguese: Parque Nacional Kings Canyon
  • Russian: Каньон Кингз
  • Russian: Кингз Каньон
  • Russian: Кингс-Каньон
  • Slovenian: KICA
  • Slovenian: Narodni park Kings Canyon
  • Spanish: parque nacional Cañón de los Reyes
  • Spanish: Parque nacional Cañón de los Reyes
  • Swedish: Kings Canyon nationalpark
  • Turkish: Kings Canyon Ulusal Parkı
  • Turkish: Krallar Kanyonu Millî Parkı
  • Ukrainian: Кінгз-Каньйон
  • Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Kings Canyon

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