Big Stump Basin

Big Stump Basin is located in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, California. The basin features the remains of Smith Comstock's lumbering operation along with huge sequoia stumps that remain from when the area was a bustling logging camp.

A one-mile loop trail is in the area where visitors are able to view the regenerated sequoia forest, along with a shrub land and meadow which are full of birds and wildflowers. There is an alternate trail that leads across the highway and past the Sawed Tree. There is also one standing sequoia that has survived over a century from being cut all the way down.

The basin is located two and a half miles southwest of the visitor center which is located on highway 180. The area is not as crowded as General Grant Grove which is located only three miles down the road. This provides a better view of the basin and the noise from the highway is hardly audible. The trail gains and looses approximately 200 feet in elevation and takes less then an hour to complete the trail if visitors only walk the trail. It may take longer if visitors stop and enjoy the view, the wildlife and wildflowers.