Giant Sitka Spruce - Klootchy Creek
N 45° 55.232 W 123° 53.558
10T E 430782 N 5085605
Largest Sitka Spruce Tree in the United States located in Klootchy Creek,Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM2T41
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2007
Views: 98
Picea Sitchensis,Sitka Spruce Oregon Heritage Tree.
Located in Klootchy Creek this has to be one of the Biggest trees besides the Mighty Redwoods that I have ever seen.
We visited this giant on our Lewis and Clark Journey.
At 750 Years Old this one was alive when those famous explorers passed this way.
Imagine if it could talk..........all the stories it would have to tell.
I will let you be the judge on your visit this way.
So make sure to make it one of your Waymarking stops.
As always have fun be safe and
HAPPY................................WAYMARKING
Genus/Species: Picea Sitchensis
Height: 206
Girth: 56
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Park
Age: 750
Historical significance:
This one was here longer than Lewis and Clark and it is also the Largest in the United States.
It was also severely damaged on December 2 and is now only about 75 feet tall.
Website reference: [Web Link]
Walk time: 2
Planter: Not listed
Parking coordinates: Not Listed
Photograpy coordinates: 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.