Wuksachi Village
Wuksachi Village is a visitor services development in Sequoia National Park, California. It was developed to replace the Giant Forest-Camp Kaweah development, which was regarded as being much too close to sensitive giant sequoia groves. Wuksachi Village is about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the Giant Forest. It was originally proposed in the 1971 park master plan as the "Clover Creek-Willow Meadow" development, incorporating campgrounds as well as lodgings. Over time the campground feature was dropped. By 1980 the Clover Creek site was approved for development. Work involved a new maintenance facility at Red Fir and improvements to the existing Lodgepole campsite.[2] Work began on Wuksachi Village in 1985 to build employee accommodations, a fire station and water and wastewater treatment facilities. Guest accommodations were built by concessioner Delaware North, opening in June 1999. There are three lodging units with a total of 102 rooms, with potential expansion to 414 rooms.[3] The lodge buildings were designed by Clayton B. Wardel.[4]
Wuksachi Village was named after the Wuksachi band of the Mono people who used the area on a seasonal basis before the area was settled. The facility is open all year[5] and includes conference and meeting facilities.[3]
References
- ^ "Wuksachi Village". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Dilsaver, Larry M.; Tweed, William C. (1990). "New Directions and a Second Century (1972-1990): Giant Forest Reconsidered". Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. National Park Service, Sequoia Natural History Association. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ a b "New Facilities:Wuksachi Village". Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park. National Park Service. April 24, 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "Wuksachi Lodge". National Park Lodge Architecture Society. 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "Winter & Spring - Giant Forest". Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park. National Park Service. April 24, 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
External links
- Wuksachi Village at Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park
- https://www.visitsequoia.com/lodging/wuksachi-lodge Wuksachi Lodge] official website
- Wuksachi Lodge at the National Park Lodge Architecture Society
- v
- t
- e
- Atwell Mill Grove
- Franklin Tree
- Garfield Grove
- General Sherman Tree
- Giant Forest
- Hazelwood Tree
- King Arthur
- Lincoln Tree
- Mark Twain Tree
- Muir Grove
- President
- Tharp's Log
- Washington Tree
- Alta Peak
- Mount Barnard
- Black Kaweah
- Florence Peak
- Junction Peak
- Kaweah Peaks Ridge
- Kaweah Queen
- Mount Kaweah
- Mount Langley
- Mount Le Conte
- Mount Mallory
- Mount McAdie
- Milestone Mountain
- Mount Muir
- Red Kaweah
- Mount Russell
- Sawtooth Peak
- Mount Stewart
- Table Mountain
- Triple Divide Peak
- Mount Tyndall
- Thunder Mountain
- Mount Whitney
- Ash Mountain Entrance Sign
- Cabin Creek Ranger Residence
- Cattle Cabin
- Giant Forest Lodge Historic District
- Giant Forest Village–Camp Kaweah Historic District
- Hockett Meadow Ranger Station
- Hospital Rock
- Pear Lake Ski Hut
- Quinn Ranger Station
- Redwood Meadow Ranger Station
- Smithsonian Institution Shelter
- Squatter's Cabin
- Crystal Cave
- Eagle Lake
- Forester Pass
- Generals' Highway
- Generals' Highway Stone Bridges
- Great Western Divide
- High Sierra Trail
- John Muir Trail
- Kaweah Gap
- Kern Plateau salamander
- Lilliput Glacier
- Mineral King
- Moro Rock
- Ursa Minor Cave
- Wuksachi Village and Lodge
- C.C. Curtis
- John Muir
- Stephen T. Mather
- Hale D. Tharp
- John Tyndall
- Josiah Whitney
- George W. Stewart
- Yokuts
- Category
- California Portal