Sequoia National Forest · California

Kanawyer

11 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 30E04 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse

Trailhead Kennedy Meadows Trailhead Drive there

Kennedy Meadows Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

**NOTE: This trail has not been maintained and trail may be hard to follow.

Providing access to some of the spectacular hidden gems near and within the Monarch Wilderness , The Kanawyer and Evans Grove Loop Trails are in a remote section of Giant Sequoia National Monument. The Kanawyer Trail begins at the Kennedy Meadow trailhead (off the Burton Road past Quail Flat) and winds through magnificient Giant Sequoias, Incense Cedars, Pines and Firs, and then down sharply into the Boulder Creek drainage past a Manzanita-covered ridge, where Yucca, Pinyon Pine and numerous wildflowers appear. The Evans Grove Loop Trail begins off the Kanawyer Trail once you enter Evans Sequoia Grove, and also via the OHV- only old 13S05 Road beginning behind Hume Lake . See if you can find the old railroad bed in Evans Grove. This isolated wilderness area offers spectacular views into Kings Canyon and serene solitude down at Boulder Creek.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.