From San Francisco the motor route to Sequoia National Park is by the
Golden State Highway through San Joaquin Valley to Fresno and Visalia.
Visalia is the motorists' headquarters for the mountain trip and is a
pleasant county seat of about 6,500 people, with excellent hotel and
stores. Ash Mountain is 36 miles from Visalia by paved highway via
either Lemon Cove or Woodlake. Giant Forest is 17 miles farther by
excellent mountain road. The motor journey from Visalia to Giant Forest
is easily made in 2 hours.
From Los Angeles the motorist has a choice of highway routes after
leaving Bakersfield either via Tulare and Visalia or by Delano,
Porterville, and Exeter. There are good accommodations in any of these
towns.
Full information relative to the best routes, road conditions, etc., may
be obtained from the California State Automobile Association, San
Francisco; the National Automobile Club, San Francisco; the Automobile
Club of Southern California, Los Angeles; and from branch offices of any
automobile club in California. All automobile club offices post the
latest bulletins from the superintendent's office.
An automobile license fee of $1 is required except on the Mineral King
Road. It is payable at any of the entrance stations. The same license
permits entrance to both Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, good
for the entire calendar year.