ADMINISTRATION AND HEADQUARTERS
The general headquarters for the Sequoia National Park is at Ash Mountain, on the Generals Highway. An information office is also maintained at Giant Forest.
Mail, telephone, and telegraph messages for the superintendent should be addressed to Sequoia National Park, Calif.; the representative of the National Park Service in charge is the superintendent, John R. White.
The United States Government has exclusive jurisdiction over the park (act of California Legislature, Apr. 15, 1919, and act of Congress, June 1920, 41 Stat. 731). Walter Fry is the United States commissioner for the park.
The Sequoia National Park is little more than an hour distant from points on the Golden State Highway (U S 99). The following table is accurate as to distances between points in California and the Sequoia National Park.
| City | Miles |
|---|---|
| Lemon Cove | 16.5 |
| Exeter | 28 |
| Visalia | 36 |
| Tulare | 46 |
| Porterville | 50 |
| Fresno (via Woodlake) | 75 |
| Bakersfield | 110 |
| General Grant National Park (via Generals Highway) | 47 |
| Yosemite National Park (via Merced) | 219 |
| Los Angeles | 220 |
| San Francisco | 253 |