Sequoia: Plan Your Visit Without Road Access to Mineral King

If you're planning a visit to Sequoia & Kings Canyon, there's something to know before mapping out your route. You currently can't drive Mineral King Road within Sequoia. Any stop on your itinerary that depends on that drive will need to change.

The announcement covers a specific stretch of road within Sequoia National Park. We recommend locating that section as you review your route. This notice doesn't mean all of Sequoia & Kings Canyon is closed, and it doesn't tell you whether other roads are open or closed.

The road is closed for the winter season. The available information doesn't include a reopening date. We recommend planning your visit without assuming traffic will resume by a particular date. If your trip depends on this access, check the road's status as you finalize your itinerary.

For help planning the rest of your stay, see our Sequoia & Kings Canyon park guide. We suggest checking your plans against this closure before settling on your stops. Identify anything that depends on Mineral King Road now, then adjust those parts of your trip without assuming you'll have access elsewhere.

If this road was already part of your route, remove that drive from your current itinerary. Keep the closure in mind as you reconsider the order of your stops, too. Our advice is to build an itinerary that doesn't depend on a reopening date that hasn't been announced.