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Sequoia National Park

•Established: September 25, 1890

•Acreage: 404,064 acres (163,519 hectares)

•Low point: Ash Mountain Entrance (1700 feet [520 meters])

•High point: Mount Whitney (14,505 feet [4421 meters])

•Average annual visitation: 1.2 million

Kings Canyon National Park

•Established: October 1, 1890 (General Grant National Park); March 4, 1940 (Kings Canyon National Park)

•Acreage: 461,901 acres (186,925 hectares)

•Low point: Kings River, west of Cedar Grove (4491 feet [1369 meters])

•High point: North Palisade (14,248 feet [4343 meters])

•Average annual visitation: 700,000

•Combined designated wilderness: 93 percent (808,000 acres [327,000 hectares])