Notes: General Grant Grove, named to honor Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the United States Army and 18th President of the United States, is located near Big Tree Creek in both the northern section (Hume Lake Ranger District) of Giant Sequoia National Monument (western half of the grove) and Kings Canyon National Park (eastern half of the grove).

On October 1, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed legislation which established General Grant National Park to preserve General Grant Tree and neighboring giant redwoods in the eastern half of General Grant Grove. On March 4, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation which established Kings Canyon National Park which encompassed General Grant National Park.

General Grant Grove includes the widest giant redwood (General Grant), the largest tree in Kings Canyon National Park (General Grant), and 3 of the 20 largest trees on Earth (General Grant, Oregon, and Robert E. Lee). The grove contains 4 trees larger than 30,000 ft³ (850 m³), 3 trees larger than 35,000 ft³ (991 m³), 2 trees larger than 40,000 ft³ (1,133 m³), and 1 tree larger than 45,000 ft³ (1,274 m³).

General Grant is the largest tree in General Grant Grove.

General Grant Grove contains the following giant redwoods:

Drive: General Grant Grove is 203 mi (327 km) southeast of San Francisco near Fresno.

Northbound: From U.S. Interstate 5 North, transfer to California State Route 99 North toward Bakersfield. Drive north 97 mi (156 km) on California State Route 99 and transfer to California State Route 198 East toward Visalia. Drive east 86 mi (138 m) on California State Route 198, past the Sequoia National Park entrance station (entrance fee required) and Four Guardsmen, and turn right onto California State Route 180 East toward General Grant Grove. Drive north 1.6 mi (2.6 km) on California State Route 180 and turn left onto Grant Tree Road.

Southbound: From U.S. Interstate 5 South in Sacramento, transfer to U.S. Highway 50 East toward South Lake Tahoe. Drive east 1.7 mi (2.7 km) on U.S. Highway 50 and transfer to California State Highway 99 South. Near Fresno, transfer to California State Route 180 East. Drive east 58 mi (93 km) on California State Route 180 toward General Grant Grove, past the Kings Canyon National Park entrance station (entrance fee required), and turn left onto Grant Tree Road.

Drive west 0.8 mi (1.2 km) on Grant Tree Road to the General Grant Tree parking lot.

Hike: At the northern edge of the parking lot, turn turn left/northwest or right/northeast at the trailhead and hike northwest 0.2 mi (0.3 km) on the western half of General Grant Tree Trail Loop to California, Fallen Monarch, Lincoln, and Oregon or hike northeast 0.2 mi (0.3 km) on the eastern half of General Grant Tree Trail Loop to Fallen Monarch, General Grant, and Robert E. Lee.

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Photos: Pictures of General Grant Grove