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
Entrance pass: planned daytime entry at Big Stump; show the digital pass and MS's photo ID, ask the ranger for a physical pass, and carry the printed PDF in case an entrance is unstaffed

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

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