• Gustav VermaasA North American JourneyTraveler

    Sequoia National Park

    November 17, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

    Took a detour to visit the Sequoia National Park and the biggest tree in the world.

    "General Sherman is a giant sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. It is estimated to be around 2,200 to 2,700 years old

    The General Sherman Tree is the world's largest tree, measured by volume. It stands 275 feet (83 m) tall, and is over 36 feet (11 m) in diameter at the base. Sequoia trunks remain wide high up. Sixty feet above the base, the Sherman Tree is 17.5 feet (5.3 m) in diameter."

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