The Generals Highway, leading to Giant Forest by way of the Kaweah
River, Middle Fork, is the main artery of travel in the park, connecting
directly with the paved State highway at the park boundary and reached
from all points north and south through the various towns of the San
Joaquin Valley. The Generals Highway is a fine surfaced mountain road,
wide and of easy grade, leading the visitor past Ash Mountain
headquarters, Camps Potwisha and Hospital Rock, to Giant Forest, 17
miles from the entrance, and the heart of the present development among
the Big Trees. From Giant Forest it continues on past the Sherman Tree
to Lodgepole Camp (4 miles), crosses the Marble Fork, and, winding
through mixed fir and pine forests, crossing streams and meadows with
many a forest and mountain vista, leaves the park 11 miles farther on at
the Lost Grove Ranger Station. For the convenience of motorists, water
stations and telephones for emergency use will be found at intervals
along the highway through the park. The highway continues on 15 miles
farther through scenic country to General Grant National Park, where it
connects with the State highway to either Visalia or Fresno. This makes
possible a circle trip through both parks, via either the Ash Mountain
entrance or the Lost Grove entrance and via either Visalia or Fresno.
The Generals Highway is open to Giant Forest, via the Ash Mountain
entrance, all year except immediately after unusually severe storms in
winter.
The Mineral King Road, leaving the State highway at Hammond, 5 miles
above Three Rivers, and following the east fork of the Kaweah River,
crosses the central part of the park, passing Atwell station and camp in
a forest of Big Trees, and ends at the summer resort of Mineral King, in
the national forest and game refuge beyond.