Immortal Tree - Avenue of the Giants - California
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Volcanoguy
N 40° 25.024 W 123° 58.058
10T E 417907 N 4474498
The Immortal Tree along the Avenue of the Giants.
Waymark Code: WMJWRK
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2014
Views: 7
The Immortal Tree is located at 28101 Avenue of the Giants just north of Redcrest, California. A Coastal Redwood that is an attraction along the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. There is a large parking lot and and gift shop adjacent to the tree.
Information from sign at Immortal Tree:
**Sequoia Sempervirens - Coastal Redwood
**Ancient Redwood - Age 950 - 1000 years.
**Original height 298 feet, current height 248 feet.
**Survived lightning which removed its top, loggers axe and forest fire in 1908, flood of 1964. There are markers on the tree for the height of the 1964 flood and 1908 loggers attempt to cut the tree.
**Trunk diameter is 14.5 feet, top diameter is 3 feet.
**Total volume board footage is 104,380.
Genus/Species: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coastal Redwood
Height: 248
Girth: 45
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Private property
Age: 1000
Historical significance:
Survived lightning which removed its top, loggers axe and forest fire in 1908, flood of 1964.
Website reference: [Web Link]
Parking coordinates: N 40° 25.024 W 123° 58.058
Walk time: 1
Photograpy coordinates: N 40° 25.024 W 123° 58.058
Planter: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
A closeup picture of your GPS receiver in your hand, with the tree in the background, is required. If the tree is on private property, this closeup photograph with the tree in the background may be taken from the nearest public vantage point without actually going to the tree.
The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.