Robert E. Lee (tree)
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Grant Grove
General Grant Grove is a section of Kings Canyon National Park established to protect a grove of giant sequoias . It includes the General Grant tree, the second largest tree in the world. Grant Grove covers a little over in the park. The area is accessed by State Route 180 from the west and the...
section of Kings Canyon National Park
Kings Canyon National Park
Kings Canyon National Park is a National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California. The park was established in 1940 and covers...
, and the twelfth largest giant sequoia in the world. Richard Field, a Confederate
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
lieutenant, named this tree around 1875. Wendell Flint and Mike Law measured the tree in 1985 and found its volume to be 40102 cubic feet (1,135.6 m³).
Statistics
| Metres | Feet | |
|---|---|---|
| Height above base | 77.7 | 254.7 |
| Circumference at ground | 27.0 | 88.5 |
| Diameter 1.5 m above base | 7.3 | 23.8 |
| Estimated bole volume (m³.ft³) | 1,135.0 | 40,102.0 |