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- Sep 22: enter via Hwy 120, exit via Wawona road with Cook's Meadow, El Capitan Meadow, Valley View and Tunnel View at sunset; pullouts, fallback loop, gas and grocery stops - Sep 23: Mariposa Grove first, Glacier Point at sunset; Chinquapin junction; Mirror Lake optional - Sep 24: 8 AM departure, route table after Fresno, cabin-stop options, Crescent Meadow and Tunnel Log, Moro Rock at sunset - Sep 25: byway stops on the return, Canyon View, Cedar Grove, Boyden Cavern optional, Big Baldy optional, Panoramic Point at sunset - Sep 26: drop the LK airport and weekend notes - parks_sights: fees and reservations section, light notes, new stops Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0143dpDbP48SioBZZJ4iTf5c
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Sep 24 (Thu) — Yosemite → Sequoia
Stay: Gilmore Cabin — Miramonte · check-in from 4 PM · no cell service — have the door code saved
Logistics
- Check out of Wawona by 10 AM · leave by 8:00 AM — Hwy 41 to Fresno, Hwy 180 to the Big Stump entrance, Generals Hwy to Giant Forest: ~4 hrs
- Fresno: full tank and groceries for three nights. No gas near the cabin or inside the parks; backups are Hume Lake (off the byway) and Stony Creek Lodge (Generals Hwy, seasonal) — verify open. Sep 24–25 is ~250 miles
- Giant Forest → Miramonte is ~1 hr 30 back along Generals Hwy and Hwy 180, in the dark after the Moro Rock sunset; watch for deer
Route after Fresno
The Sequoia / Kings Canyon leg is a T: Hwy 180 from the cabin up to the Wye junction is the stem, and each day takes a different arm. Today is the right arm, Sep 25 is the left.
| Leg | Road | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno → Big Stump entrance | Hwy 180 east (Kings Canyon Rd) through Centerville and Squaw Valley; the Hwy 245 turnoff for the cabin is ~12 mi before the entrance. Pay or show the pass at Big Stump | 62 mi | 1 hr 30 |
| Big Stump → the Wye | Hwy 180; fork 2 mi past the entrance — left is Hwy 180 into Kings Canyon (Sep 25), right is the Generals Highway into Sequoia (today) | 2 mi | 5 min |
| Wye → Giant Forest Museum | Generals Highway south, winding, past Stony Creek and Lodgepole | 28 mi | 55 min |
Return is the same way in reverse, ~1 hr 30 from Giant Forest to the cabin.
Cabin stop on the way in — decide later
The cabin is ~5 mi south of Hwy 180 on Hwy 245, near Pinehurst; ~10 min each way, ~40 min with unloading. Arrival there would be ~11:30 AM, before the 4 PM check-in, so it only works if the host agrees to an early drop and the door code is active. Ask Cheyenne (+1 559-790-6432 · Cheyenne@ProspectReal.com) beforehand.
- Option A — stop. Fridge for the groceries, no food in the car at trailhead lots (bear rules: food out of sight by day, never overnight), and the door code is tested in daylight — the property has no cell service, so a failed code at 6:30 PM means driving back toward the highway for signal. Giant Forest at ~1:15 PM
- Option B — straight to Giant Forest. Buy a cooler and ice in Fresno, keep food in the boot. Giant Forest at ~12:30 PM; first time at the cabin is in the dark, so have the code, the host's number and the turn-by-turn saved offline
Plan
Menu:
parks_sights.md
- ~12:30 PM (Option B) / ~1:15 PM (Option A) Giant Forest Museum — orientation, lunch from the cooler
- Early afternoon General Sherman Tree from the main Sherman lot (drive, no shuttle needed) → Congress Trail, 2-mile paved loop
- Late afternoon Moro Rock / Crescent Meadow Road (2 mi from the museum). Cars are allowed on weekdays and after the shuttle season (May 22–Sep 7); weekends in season are shuttle-only. Drive to the end first: Crescent Meadow — 1-mile flat loop from the lot, ~30 min; John Muir's "Gem of the Sierra". Tunnel Log on the way back
- ~6:15 PM Moro Rock — small lot at the trailhead, ~350 steps; stay for the 6:55 PM sunset over the foothills, the Great Western Divide glows to the east. Headlamps or phone lights for the steps down
- ~7:15 PM Leave for Miramonte; cabin ~8:45 PM
Addresses
| Place | Address | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Gilmore Cabin — Miramonte | 48753 Todd Eymann Road, Miramonte, CA 93641 · PIN 2531 · host +1 559-790-6432 · no cell service | search |
| Todd Eymann Rd turnoff | from Hwy 245 just north of Pinehurst; the cabin is on the ~2.5 mi residential stretch beyond — exact house not mapped, rely on the address search and the host's directions | 36.69722, -119.01364 |
| Giant Forest Museum | Generals Highway | 36.56470, -118.77270 |
| General Sherman Tree | main lot off Wolverton Road | 36.58165, -118.75144 |
| Moro Rock | Crescent Meadow Road | 36.54409, -118.76511 |
| Tunnel Log | Crescent Meadow Road, 1 mi past Moro Rock | 36.55254, -118.76138 |
| Crescent Meadow | end of Crescent Meadow Road, lot at the loop trailhead | 36.55457, -118.74880 |