Location: Eastern California. Area: 4 square miles. Season: June
15 to September 15. Address of Supervisor: Three Rivers,
California.
GENERAL GRANT PARK is best reached from Sanger on the Southern Pacific
Railway; thence by stage 46 miles to the Park. There is daily stage
service to the park; round-trip fare, $8.00.
Tourists traveling in their own automobiles will follow the routes to
Sequoia Park given on page 455 as far as Visalia. The Park is 45 miles
from Visalia. Permit to take an automobile into the Park costs 50
cents for a round trip or $2.50 for the season. Speed limits range
from 8 to 15 miles per hour.
Rates for saddle- and pack-horses are $1.50 per day; for guides, $3.50
per day.
There is a camp in the Park operated by Mrs. Mattie Decker (address,
General Grant National Park, California), with rates as follows:--
Board and lodging:
Per day $2.50
Per week 16.00
Per month 60.00
Lodging, 1 night 1.00
Single meal .75
At this camp there are also telephone station, general store,
feed-yard, photograph gallery, and post-office.
The principal attraction of this Park is the grove of big trees.
Fishing is not very attractive.
Clothing and equipment should be similar to that used in Sequoia
National Park.