Books on Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Below is a listing of many of the books available about Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. These consist primarily of hiking guides. We use some of these ourselves, and note that in the descriptions. At the bottom of each listing, we list a number of places where these can be currently purchased. Click on the logo of the store you would like to use. Note that books occasionally go out of stock or are discontinued at certain stores. In this case, simply try another merchant, if available.
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Hiking Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
This is Falcon's offering for hiking Sequoia and Kings Canyon. In most cases we prefer the Falcon Guides, and this one is no exception. It has been freshly updated for the recent trail changes around the Giant Forest area. For the dayhike-only version, see directly below. We use this book personally and recommend it. For exhaustive trail guides, see the separate books for each park further down this page.
Best Easy Day Hikes Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
This is the dayhike version of the guidebook above. It follows the familiar Falcon Guides format. This is a much shorter version of the book above, focusing only on the shorter trails. If you own the book above, there is little need for this one. We also use this book personally and recommend it.
Top Trails: Sequoia and Kings Canyon: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone
This is a selection of the best hiking trails, according to the author, for Sequoia & Kings Canyon. Some of them also enter the other nearby wilderness areas. It is written by the author of the next two listings. If you want complete trail guides to both parks, buy the two books listed below.
Kings Canyon National Park: A Complete Hiker's Guide
This book gives a thorough covering of the trails in Kings Canyon National Park. It, combined with the book below, is the best you can do for complete coverage of the two parks. We use both books personally and recommend them.
Sequoia National Park: A Complete Hiker's Guide
This book gives a thorough covering of the trails in Sequoia National Park. It, combined with the book above, is the best you can do for complete coverage of the two parks. We use both books personally and recommend them.
Sequoia & Kings Canyon: The Story Behind the Scenery
This is the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks edition of the very common "The Story Behind the Scenery" series. These books are very commonly found in the visitor centers and gift shops of the parks. They are short, but they provide good photos and general information on the park itself.
