While choosing the best is "nearly impossible," travel guide publisher Lonely Planet had some recommendations.

which is the preferred route to Kings Canyon — this will take you to the Big Stump Entrance of the national park. From Fresno, it's just an easy one hour and 15 minutes to the entrance.

Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks requires visitors have an entrance pass, which is $35 for those who enter the park by vehicle, according to the National Park Service.

Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks requires visitors have an entrance pass, which is $35 for those who enter the park by vehicle, according to the National Park Service.