§45a Sequoia National Park; Revision of Boundaries

Summary

The law changes the boundary of Sequoia National Park in California. The new line starts at the park’s southwest corner (the southwest corner of township 18 south, range 30 east, Mount Diablo meridian) and then follows the park’s present south edge eastward to a mountain watershed between the headwaters of the South Fork Kaweah River and Pecks Canyon (a branch of the Little Kern River). From there the boundary follows a series of mountain ridges and watershed divides, swinging south, east, north and west through named gaps and peaks. It runs by the summit north of Soda Creek (USGS altitude 8,888 feet), follows the main divide between the South Fork Kaweah and Little Kern, reaches the park’s present east line near Tar Gap (east line of township 17 south, range 30 east), goes along divides through Timber Gap and Sawtooth Peak, follows the Great Western Divide past Coyote Peaks (USGS bench mark 10,919 feet) to the Kern River, then along the Kern and other divides to the main Sierra crest by Junction Peak (USGS bench mark 13,903 feet). The line continues along the Kings-Kern Divide to Thunder Mountain (USGS bench mark 13,578 feet), down the Great Western Divide to Triple Divide Peak (USGS altitude 12,651 feet), past Kettle Peak (USGS altitude 10,038 feet), and back along divides and the North Fork Kaweah River to meet the park’s present west boundary (west line of township 16 south, range 29 east) and then returns to the starting point. All land inside this new boundary is added to Roosevelt-Sequoia National Park. Any land removed from the present Sequoia National Park is added to Sequoia National Forest and is subject to the laws and rules that apply to national forests.