This is the "General Sherman" tree in Sequoia National Park, southeast of Fresno, and northeast of Bakersfield in California. It is 36.5 feet in diameter at the base and 274.9 feet tall. It could fit almost two of our family rooms in the bottom!
The funny thing is, next to all the other sequoias and redwoods in the forest, and with Amy and Jeff in front for reference, I don't even think it looks that big!
And while it is neither the tallest nor the widest tree in the world, it IS the largest living organism on the planet by volume. If you filled it with water it would hold enough water to provide you with a bath every day for 27 years! Whoa! That's a BIG tree!
We stopped along the road on the way into the park and Jeff and Amy hiked down to the middle fork of the Kawaeh River. I had finally succumbed to the nasty virus everyone else in the family had gotten sometime in the past two weeks, so I stayed on top and took pictures. This picture was taken with the zoom lens. It was quite a ways down.
This tunnel tree is over part of the trail up to the General Sherman.Another thing to mark off on my "List of things to do Before I Die."
4 comments:
now that is a big tree. Nice to meet you.
Who is ever gonna sit there and measure out how much water it would take to have a bath every day for 27 years?
I'll bet you could figure out a math problem to come up with the answer, Maddie! A little summer review!
Looks like a lot of fun. Sorry you were sick. Hope that didn't last long.
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