Outdoor Deaths

Outdoor Deaths

The books below are warnings to all who wish to be enlightened on wilderness skills and reality. Come all clumsy, clueless and naive. Outdoorsman, weekend campers or highway stranded motorists. Learn from true stories on disappearances.

City folks beware, hundreds of people go missing, vanish or die every year in the wild lands of this country. Most disappear inside popular National Parks and numerous State Parks.

If you are indeed interested to discover how easy it is for people to get lost, fall off of a cliff, get injured or attacked, drown, be kidnapped or die in the mountains – then these books may be good reading material.

On foot, by truck or by car, the stories are long and ever detailed, often ending with more questions than answers.

Books on National Park Deaths and other outdoor fatalities

Tales for Cautious Campers

Outdoor Deaths

Outdoor Deaths

Outdoor Deaths

Outdoor Deaths

Outdoor Deaths


Outdoor Deaths

Outdoor Deaths

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Outdoor Books
Outdoor Gear

State Atlases 

Sequoia Kings Canyon Maps

Sequoia Maps
Kings Cyn Map

Roaring River Falls
One of the most visited areas of the Sierra Nevada Mountains – Kings Canyon & Sequoia NP sit next door to each other, just south of Yosemite National Park.

Kings Canyon National Park has a deep granite gorge with lower elevations, along the Kings River (the longest river in the Sierra). Plus Kings also has an expansive back-country – accessible only by foot, to High Sierra peaks and many alpine lakes.

On the south side, Sequoia National Park has a higher terrain with a highway skirting the ancient groves, on the west side of the Sierra range.

Several Maps for this Sierra National Parks region:NPS

Sequoia Kings Canyon Maps

Sequoia Kings Map

Sequoia Kings Canyon
NatGeo Map #205


Trails Illustrated Map from National Geographic. NatGeo map #205. Sequoia National Park Map w/ Kings Canyon National Park. Mount Whitney, Giant Sequoia National Monument, John Muir Wilderness, Pacific Crest Trail. Topographic Hiking Maps, Sequoia Backpacking, Sequoia Camping, Sierra Lakes. Back Roads, Kings River Camping & Hiking Map.

Very detailed & colorful. Waterproof Plastic Map; Tear Resistant. GPS data. Scale 1:80,000 Contour Interval = 100 feet. Updated 2013. ISBN# 9781566952989

Sequoia Kings Canyon Maps

Kings Canyon Highway 180

  • backpack
  • camp
  • canyons
  • climb
  • creeks
  • fish
  • hike
  • horseback
  • lakes
  • mountain peaks
  • picnic
  • rivers
  • waterfalls

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Sequoia National Park &
Kings Canyon NP

Generals Highway Map

Sequoia Kings Canyon Maps

Sequoia Kings Canyon Maps

CALIFORNIA HWY 198: The Generals Highway is the main paved road that runs the ridge, north to south inside Sequoia National Park.  Since they have named the giant redwood trees after famous military generals, the road name mirrors that theme.

Now-a-days, our ancient and massive trees are fighting for their lives in a new type of war. Wildfires, drought and bark beetle infestations are taking their toll and killing these beauties. They have stood the test of time for thousands of years and withstood fires in the past, but recent blazes are hotter and more destructive than previous.

Kings Canyon Highway 180: A long, scenic, dead end road which descends dramatically into the river canyon. Elevation spans from 6600′ at Grant Grove to 4000′ at Cedar Grove at the end of the paved route.

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