The giant General Sherman sequoia holds the title of world’s biggest tree. It resides in Sequoia National Park, with a paved road to its doorstep. The tree is 274.9 feet tall, weighs 2.7 million pounds, and measures 52,508 cubic feet. The General Sherman is the biggest tree in volume, but not the tallest known tree in the world.
The world’s tallest tree is the Mendocino. It is a coastal redwood near Ukiah, California. It is 367-foot 6 inches tall, or five stories higher than the Statue of Liberty. There are no signs or arrows pointing to the Mendocino tree. It is kept a secret to protect the tree. Why? Because the previous tallest tree record holder the ”Tall Tree” at 367 feet 10 inches tall, was inadvertently damaged over the years by tourists. The ground around the base of the redwood became hard-packed. from 1963 to 1970 the top ten feet of the tree died. By 1990, the ten feet of it’s top fell off. This is why there are fences around the trees today.
Now here is a sad fact: A century ago, California’s biggest redwoods usually were measured and admired only after they were cut down. Only 5 percent of the original redwood forest remains today, mostly in public parks and reserves.
The General Sherman Tree: 
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Hi there.
Just dropped in on this blog page, web surfing for redwood stuff.
Hey…did you know that Hyperion discovered a couple of years ago, is the tallest redwood, at 379 feet – and a few extra inches?
I have not had the urge to locate that one yet, but I did find the 2 undisclosed groves with the largest coastal redwoods – linked my name, and here it is in message box:
http://www.mdvaden.com/grove_of_titans.shtml
If you search:
Wikipedia Hyperion (tree)
You should find the basics. As well as other references.
Either way, they are really nifty trees in awesome forests.
M. D. Vaden of Oreogn
It’s like hunting. Cutting down trees to admire them like shooting animals for the beauty. Wow i got a 8 point antler. We’ll it won’t grow bigger now
I love trees even more when they are old and dense. people please grow trees and make the world beautiful. I love the NEEM tree the most.
I would like to thank the concerned authority of the US Government for protecting such invaluable and renoun trees of this green planate.
u should have a whole pick of the whole tree!! you can’t see how tall it is..
I really don’t get why they keep the worlds tallest tree a sectret
Wow that is a very tall tree.
I think God made the tallest tree so we could admire His handi work!!!!Too bad we dont know where it is!!I would really love to see it!!!!=-)
this tree is #!@$ gay as @#$
hey do not say that
im lerning abaot the talleest tree
well the tallest tree can’t always be the tallest ’cause lightning can make it the shortest or smaller
the tallest tree can’t always be the tallest because if lightning struck it it could get shorter and shorter and older and older that they rot but they still stand