GENERAL GRANT (incorporated within KINGS CANYON) Circular of General Information 1936

ACCOMMODATIONS AND EXPENSES

Grant Park Camp and Meadow Camp are operated by the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks Co. They are open from May 25 to September 5, and reservations for week-ends and holidays should be made in advance. Address the camp at which you wish to stay, General Grant National Park, Calif.

Grant Park Camp is a colony of rustic cabins and tent cottages grouped about a central community building. A few of the tents are fully equipped for housekeeping by the week. The cabin rates range in price from $2 a day per person for 2 in a room without bath to $4 a day for 1 person in a room with bath. Children: Under 3, no charge; 3 to 10, inclusive, half rate. Fully equipped housekeeping bungalow tents $12 a week for 1 person; $16.50 for 2; $20 for 3; $23.50 for 4; and $27 for 5 persons. Transient rates are $2 a day for 1; $3 for 2; $3.50 for 3; $4 for 4; and $4.50 for 5.

At Meadow Shelter Camp new rustic cabins, with housekeeping accommodations, are available. The rates are $1.50 a day for one or two persons and 50 cents a day for each additional person. Linen, blankets, and other camping equipment may be rented.

The Generals highway. Grant Park Studio.

HOW TO REACH THE PARK

BY RAILROAD AND AUTO STAGE

Fresno, Visalia, and Exeter are the railway gateways to Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, served by the Southern Pacific Railway and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. These cities are reached by an overnight journey from either Los Angeles or San Francisco. Pullman service is available daily to Fresno, and three times a week to Exeter and Visalia.

The standard tour of Sequoia and General Grant National Parks is, in one direction only, from Fresno, via Visalia and Exeter, to Giant Forest to Sequoia National Park, thence via the Generals Highway to General Grant National Park, returning direct to Fresno. A special service direct to General Grant National Park, returning by the same route, is available on advance reservation.

From June 10 to September 10, an auto stage of the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks Co. leaves Fresno daily at 8 a. m. for Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, by way of Visalia and Exeter, arriving at Giant Forest about 12:15 p. m. From there the auto stage leaves about 1:45 p. m. for the return trip to Fresno, via General Grant National Park, over the spectacular new Generals Highway, arriving at Fresno 6:30 p. m. This circle tour service enables travelers to visit both parks easily.

From September 11 to June 9 "On Call" service by advance reservation is provided from Visalia and Exeter to Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, and return over the same route, but no service is available to General Grant National Park during this period.

Special excursion fares are in effect on the railroads during the summer in connection with trips to Sequoia and General Grant National Parks. Detailed information about railroad service and rates may be obtained from local railroad ticket agents; the passenger traffic manager of the Southern Pacific Lines, San Francisco; the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Chicago; or the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks Co., Sequoia National Park, Calif.

BY AUTOMOBILE

Visitors from the north reach General Grant Park by way of Fresno and the Ventura Avenue approach. Motorists from the southern highways of the State may route their approach through Visalia and the Sand Creek Road to the South Entrance.

Visitors from Sequoia Park reach the same entrance by way of the recently completed Generals Highway, which forms a scenic mountain approach to the park from the southeast.

BY AIRPLANE

Air service from all parts of the country is available through United Air Lines schedules to Fresno or Bakersfield.

Tent cabins among the pines. Roberts photograph.

TRANSPORTATION

MOTOR SERVICE

From June 10 to September 10, daily auto-stage service is available between the park and Fresno and Visalia: Fresno to the park, $6; park to Fresno, $4.50; round trip, $9. Visalia to the park, via Sequoia National Park, $8. "On-call" motor service between General Grant and Sequoia Parks is operated via the new Generals Highway: One way, $2 per passenger; round trip, $3; minimum of 4 passengers.

Sightseeing trip to Kings River Canyon: An "On-call" service for 4 or more passengers will be provided from General Grant National Park to "Road End", Kings River Canyon Highway. Fare $2 per passenger, round trip.

Visitors operating their own cars will find mechanical and service-station accommodations near the Headquarters Plaza during the season.

PACK TRIPS

Pack trips to Kings River Canyon and other sections of the High Sierra may be arranged. For trips of 4 days or more saddle horses, or pack mules, cost $1.50 a day. Guides or packers, cost $5 a day; cooks $6 a day.

SADDLE HORSES

Experienced riders may secure mounts for $4 a day, or $2.50 a half day. Burros are 25 cents an hour, and $1.50 a day. Escorted saddle trips to Grant Grove of Big Trees, Park Ridge Fire Lookout, the Boole Tree, Millwood, and other points of interest affording magnificent panoramas of the High Sierra may be arranged for small parties at reasonable prices. The half-day trips average about $2.50 each, and the 1-day excursions about $4 each.

This booklet is issued once a year and the rates mentioned herein may have changed slightly since issuance, but the latest rates approved by the Secretary of the Interior are on file with the superintendent.

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A trail-side scene. Grant Park Studio.