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.
May 04, 2008 @ 02:28:14
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
Jan 11, 2009 @ 15:24:08
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
Oct 20, 2010 @ 20:07:58
how sad
Jan 10, 2011 @ 04:28:46
yes but cutting trees may cause to accidents
Mar 15, 2009 @ 00:05:29
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.
Oct 20, 2010 @ 20:12:07
yes ME 2 I LOVE THEM MORE SO F****G MUCH BTW.
Nov 26, 2012 @ 20:48:43
You do know that it takes over a thousand years to grow these trees don’t you? How is you telling people to grow trees going to achieve this height?
Mar 24, 2009 @ 10:23:18
I would like to thank the concerned authority of the US Government for protecting such invaluable and renoun trees of this green planate.
Apr 22, 2009 @ 13:22:26
u should have a whole pick of the whole tree!! you can’t see how tall it is..
Oct 20, 2010 @ 20:08:54
that would be alot beter
May 13, 2009 @ 08:29:34
I really don’t get why they keep the worlds tallest tree a sectret
May 29, 2009 @ 15:17:31
Wow that is a very tall tree.
Aug 11, 2009 @ 23:28:14
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!!!!=-)
May 03, 2011 @ 12:43:24
God doesn’t exist, hello science.
Nov 30, 2011 @ 15:01:13
hey,god does exist.otherwise who has created the first man?
Aug 12, 2009 @ 17:59:36
this tree is #!@$ gay as @#$
Aug 13, 2009 @ 13:35:50
hey do not say that
Sep 02, 2009 @ 08:54:00
im lerning abaot the talleest tree
Oct 01, 2009 @ 04:19:14
well the tallest tree can’t always be the tallest ’cause lightning can make it the shortest or smaller
Mar 05, 2012 @ 02:29:08
u a dumb ass
Oct 01, 2009 @ 04:22:32
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
Jan 05, 2010 @ 23:08:00
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Jan 18, 2010 @ 06:26:48
Hi,
was searching about trees and chanced upon your blog..i love your blog name ” enough coffee..” cool! I luv coffee and like the tag line.
btw, i luv everything about trees too..they make me happy. Three things makes lightens my heart…trees, coffee and a good book!
bravo!
Jun 08, 2011 @ 21:52:54
where in the world did you people learn to talk? I’ve heard better language from 3rd graders. Anyway love the trees. They are very majestic.
Jun 15, 2011 @ 19:34:10
That is so funny. I was reading these comments and thinking the same thing. I showed the odd comments to my son and he somehow seemed to understand them. It must be some kind of strange new internet language….
Mar 03, 2010 @ 07:34:23
Amazing! It was.
Mar 04, 2010 @ 01:35:58
this is just awesome
Jul 31, 2010 @ 15:04:47
you are very dirty
May 26, 2010 @ 02:26:08
how would they whiegh the tree????????
Oct 20, 2010 @ 20:06:25
with a scale due
Jun 12, 2010 @ 13:41:21
that tree is very huge to me but i have a bigger one
Jul 08, 2010 @ 23:19:28
“the previous tallest tree record holder … was inadvertently damaged over the years by tourists”
People make me sick.
They really are like a virus, juts like agent smith said.
May 03, 2011 @ 12:44:28
Your part of the virus, dumbass.
Jul 25, 2010 @ 04:21:14
General Sherman is the biggest in mass, but the tallest tree in the world is in Humboldt County.
Sep 11, 2010 @ 20:24:17
kitty kitty kitty kitty=)
Sep 11, 2010 @ 20:25:38
dukey goober banana
Sep 11, 2010 @ 20:27:07
goofie guber
Sep 11, 2010 @ 20:28:10
dfre
Sep 11, 2010 @ 20:28:47
xoxoxo
Sep 11, 2010 @ 20:29:33
can i pee
Sep 29, 2010 @ 05:30:22
I WOULD LIKE TO BE A TALLEST TREE IN MY NEXT BIRTH. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL FULFILL MY THIS WISH………….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 03, 2011 @ 12:45:18
Good luck coming back to life. Once you die your dead. Religious freak.
Oct 20, 2010 @ 20:03:56
thats insain man that must of took years too grow
May 03, 2011 @ 19:20:23
Hey, ‘sweetie’, I’m with you on this one.
Lonnie, what the heck is wrong with you. Just because you don’t believe in goodness – that’s your miserable choice. Keep it to yourself, man. The only people who know about ‘life after death’ are those who have died and come back. Unless you are one of those, you only have a lousy opinion. Stop being such a meany and stand back and admire the trees.
May 24, 2011 @ 01:30:01
cool
Jan 23, 2012 @ 23:09:18
wow its amazing……………
Mar 05, 2012 @ 02:16:55
ok i love people they tallest tree is god dam readwood
Mar 05, 2012 @ 02:20:11
ok i love how people don’t know the tallest tree it god dam readwood it sayings on top peg
Mar 05, 2012 @ 02:27:04
stop talking about god keep to uself we all not Religious
Sep 12, 2012 @ 22:23:20
I just went to the National Sequoia Forest and was lucky enough to have a park ranger talk about the general sherman tree. You can view a video of the park ranger talking about the worlds largest tree in the world here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSwFmUyQn2Q
Mar 05, 2013 @ 06:05:06
I all the time used to read piece of writing in news papers but now as I am a
user of internet thus from now I am using net for posts, thanks to web.
Alecia