Sep 24 (Thu) — Yosemite → Sequoia

Stay: Gilmore Cabin — Miramonte · check-in from 4 PM · no cell service — door code 0110 + unlock (received Sep 23)

Logistics

Check out of Wawona by 10 AM, following the check-out procedures posted at the property · 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 at Whole Foods (Shaw Ave, off Hwy 41; see Addresses). No grocery store in Miramonte; Clingan's on Hwy 180 at Squaw Valley is the only stop near the cabin, and it is a gas-station store. 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: use the 2026 America the Beautiful Non-Resident Annual Pass purchased for the trip; keep the digital/PDF pass ready, show it with MS's photo ID, and ask the ranger for a physical pass. An unstaffed entrance may require the displayed physical/PDF pass. See the pass record.

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. The code (0110) arrived Sep 23; 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. Roads all open per NPS Sep 23; Crescent Meadow Road is open to cars on weekdays after the shuttle season. Sunset 6:53 PM.

~12:15 PM Lunch — options, in order of fit:
- Lodgepole Grill & Market — grill counter (burgers, sandwiches, salads) plus a market; 8 AM–9 PM daily to mid-Oct. On the Generals Hwy 4 mi north of the museum, so it comes first from the Wye. +1 559-565-3301
- Cooler at the Giant Forest Museum — no food sold there
- The Peaks at Wuksachi — lunch is Sat/Sun only; dinner 5–10 PM daily with reservation, clashes with Moro Rock sunset
~1:00 PM Giant Forest Museum — orientation; 15 min is enough
~1:10 PM Optional: Big Trees Trail — 0.7-mile paved loop around Round Meadow from the museum lot, ~30 min; best interpretive signs in the park
~2:00–3:45 PM General Sherman Tree from the main Sherman lot on Wolverton Road (5 min drive) — ½ mi down 200 ft to the tree, Congress Trail 2-mile paved loop from the tree, ½ mi back up
~4:00 PM Crescent Meadow Road to the end (15 min from Sherman). Tunnel Log on the way: 8 ft wide, 7 ft high, bypass if unsure
~4:15–5:30 PM Crescent Meadow — 1-mile flat loop past Tharp's Log, ~40 min; then sit at the meadow edge for bears at dusk, 100 yd rule, no food in hand
~6:00 PM Moro Rock — small lot at the trailhead, 8 min back along the road; ~350 steps, on top by ~6:20 for the 6:53 PM sunset over the foothills, Great Western Divide to the east. Cold and windy up top; jackets. Lights for the steps down
~7:15 PM Leave for Miramonte; cabin ~8:30 PM. Dinner on the way if wanted: Lodgepole Grill until 9 PM (~7:35, on the route north), or Grant Grove Restaurant 2 mi past the Wye, listed until 9 PM (~8:15, then 45 min to the cabin)

Addresses

Place	Address	Map
Gilmore Cabin — Miramonte	48753 Todd Eymann Road, Miramonte, CA 93641 · door code 0110 + unlock · Booking 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
Whole Foods Market — Fresno	650 W Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA 93704 (Fig Garden Village); groceries for three nights. Hwy 41 exit Shaw Ave, ~1 mi west; ~1 h 40 from Wawona	36.80910, -119.80544
Clingan's Junction Grocery	35468 E Kings Canyon Rd (Hwy 180), Squaw Valley · gas station store, last stop before Big Stump; ice, milk, basics · +1 559-338-2404	36.75463, -119.17197
Lodgepole Grill & Market	Lodgepole Village, off the Generals Hwy 4 mi north of the museum	36.60422, -118.73139
Grant Grove Restaurant & Market	Grant Grove Village, Hwy 180, 2 mi past the Wye	36.74054, -118.96305
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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