![]() It is the mountains of the Great Western Divide that greet visitors in Mineral King and that can be seen from Moro Rock and the Giant Forest area. In Sequoia National Park, a second prominent ridge of mountains, The Great Western Divide parallels the Sierran crest. In Kings Canyon National Park, prominent ridges extend westward from the crest creating the Goddard and Monarch divides with mountains taller than 13,000 feet. Eleven additional peaks taller than 14,000 feet are also found along the parks' eastern boundaries at the crest of the Sierra Nevada. ![]() Whitney, which rises to 14,491 feet above sea level. Included in the Parks' mountainous landscape is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mt. The parks contain a significant portion of America's longest mountain range, the Sierra Nevada. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are the home of awe-inspiring geological features and resources. Later, mountain building and erosion exposed these rocks as the granite that makes up much of the Sierra Nevada today. ![]() Powerful geological forces gradually forced huge amounts of molten rock up that gradually solidified. ![]()
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