Giant Forest - Noteworthy Trees

Noteworthy Trees

Some of the trees found in the grove that are worthy of special note are:

• General Sherman: In 1931 this tree was established to be the largest living thing in the world, hence the largest tree in the world, it has a volume of 52,508 cubic feet (1,487 cubic meters). The top of the Sherman is a dead limb that at one time served as a new leader. Its largest limb is around 7 feet (2.1 m) in diameter. The second largest tree in the world, the General Grant, is located about 27 miles away in Kings Canyon National Park.
• General Grant: the second largest sequoia tree in the world and is estimated to be over 3,000 years old. Located in Grant Grove, the General Grant tree was nicknamed the Nation's Christmas Tree by President Calvin Coolidge, and remains one of the most popular attractions in Kings Canyon National Park. Annual Christmas services are held at the base of the tree.
• President: Recent measurements by arborists who climbed up into the crown of the tree and rappelled down through the limbs have discovered that the President Tree is actually bigger than the General Grant Tree and is even beginning to rival the General Sherman Tree as the world's largest.
• Chief Sequoyah: Just uphill from the President tree is the massive and very impressive Chief Sequoyah. This tree is one of the most startlingly rugged trees in the forest.
• Lincoln (tree): This is the fourth largest tree at 44,471 cubic feet (1,259 cubic meters)
• Franklin (tree): This tree seems to have been ignored even though it is the eighth largest tree in the world, one can only think this is because it is situated in such a massive grove with many other large specimens. This tree has a huge fire scar on one side and a very large diameter.
• Monroe: The tenth largest tree in the world.
• General Pershing: The lower trunk is massive and the top is a tapering dead snag.
• Column Tree: About 100 yards (91 m) from the General Pershing is another large sequoia. Its lack of taper makes it the fourteenth largest giant sequoia.
• Adams Tree: From about 90 feet (27 m) up, the trunk is very irregular with many limb buttresses and lots of foliage, the top is a maze of limbs.
• Cleveland Tree: One of the top 40 largest giant sequoias.
• Washington Tree: Once the second largest tree in the world, but since 2003 it lost most of its trunk and size.
• Hamilton: A large tree with a volume of 32,783 cubic feet (928.3 m3).
• Near Ed by Ned: Another tree with an impressive lower trunk, it was measured in 1997 at a volume of 30,333 cubic feet (858.9 m3).
• Hazelwood Tree: A large tree that has been reduced in half by lightning, the tree is still alive.

• General Sherman tree

• President Tree

• Lincoln Tree

• Franklin Tree

• Hazelwood Tree