If you have dreamed of seeing big trees you are going to love the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park. This area recently went through a $40 million dollar restoration project.

U.S. News Insider Tip: If your trip included a stop at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National ... section of Yosemite. Mariposa Grove of the Giant Sequoia is one of three groves in the park where ...

Eight years before Yellowstone was established as America’s first national park ... Northern California’s Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Big Tree Grove for public recreation.

When Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New York City's Central Park, visited Yosemite ... of Congress ceding the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to the state of ...

Covering an area of more than 750,000 acres, Yosemite National Park is abundant evidence ... Also in Wawona, you'll find Mariposa Grove, which is filled with giant sequoias that are thousands ...