About
Length (round trip)4 mi
ShapeOut-and-Back
DifficultyModerate
Elevation gain400 ft up
Typical time1 hr 30 min
TrailheadDorst Creek Campground
SurfaceForest trail with gentle up and down
Best seasonThe campground is open late June through early September. If you wish to hike to Muir Grove outside of these dates, you may park your car outside the gate. Please don't block the gate.
DogsNot allowed
AccessibilityThis trailhead is located within the Dorst Creek Campground, which is currently closed due to repair efforts from previous winter storm damage. No parking or facilities are available at the trailhead. The trail is unpaved dirt, on uneven and rocky terrain.
What you'll see 🌄 Big views🌲 Old growth

This trailhead is located within the Dorst Creek Campground, which is currently closed due to repair efforts from previous winter storm damage. No parking or facilities are available at the trailhead. This 4-mile round trip trail offers mixed-conifer forest, sequoias, and Sierra Nevada scenery. Park in Dorst Campground and look for the Muir Grove trailhead. In summer, take the free Purple Route 3 shuttle from Lodgepole Visitor Center and Campground or Wuksachi Lodge to the Dorst Campground stop. Continue to Group Camp Area A-E where you'll find for the trailhead near group site B. Turn left at the only trail junction to go to Muir Grove. At the halfway point, a granite dome at the trail's edge offers views of Big Baldy and Chimney Rocks. Muir Grove also becomes visible in the distance. Look for the characteristic rounded tops of giant sequoias. The maintained trail ends among the giant sequoias in Muir Grove, named for celebrated naturalist John Muir. In mid-summer, lupines bloom here, contrasting their bright blue against the cinnamon-red sequoia bark.

Tips
A granite outcrop partway along frames the grove across the canyon - the best view of sequoias from outside a grove in either park. Trailhead is inside the campground.
Location

Dorst Creek Campground

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