Sequoia adalah nama golongan tumbuhan bagian dari keluarga Cupressacceae. Dalam golongan ini hanya tersisa satu spesies yang masih bertahan hidup hingga sekarang yaitu sequoia sempervirens. Secara umum, pohon ini berbentuk kerucut. Kulitnya tebal hingga 30 cm, tapi cukup lembut, dan mempunyai serabut-serabut berwarna merah kecoklatan terang. Faktor warna ini membeuat sequoia dikenal juga dengan nama pohon redwood (kayu merah). Taman Nasional Sequoia adalah taman nasional di selatan Sierra Nevada, tenggara Fresno, California, Amerika Serikat.

The Giant Forest
The Giant Forest is home to half of the Earth’s largest and longest-living trees. Named in 1875 by John Muir, the forest is a stand of more than 8,000 colossal sequoia trees – many standing just as Muir found them.

Pohon terbesar di Dunia
The undisputed King of the Forest, the General Sherman tree is not only the largest living tree in the world, but the largest living organism, by volume, on the planet. A giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum), General Sherman is:

~ 2,100 years old
~ 2.7 million pounds
~ 275 feet tall
~ 100 feet wide at its trunk

The Giant Forest Museum
One of the best ways to get to know the Giant Forest and its trees is to visit the Giant Forest Museum. Visitors flock to this park institution to:

Learn how to identify trees.
Discover the difference between California coastal redwoods and giant sequoias.
Explore the ecology and natural history of the park through interactive exhibits.
Take an easy one-mile stroll around beautiful Round Meadow. Trailside exhibits help tell the story of the park. This is just one of the park’s many interpretive forest trails leading out from the museum.

Jam Buka:
Open daily during the summer months

Biaya:
Free (Gratis)

Location:
About one hour north of the park’s Ash Mountain Entrance
Built in 1928, the historic museum building served as Sequoia National Park’s original market, and was designed by renowned architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood (The Ahwahnee® - Yosemite National Park; Grand Canyon Lodge® - North Rim).