NO. 313 HOOKER OAK - Chico, CA
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saopaulo1
N 39° 45.591 W 121° 47.861
10S E 602989 N 4401794
Stump of the Hooker Oak in Chico.
Waymark Code: WM4ATG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2008
Views: 33
"In 1887 Annie E. K. Bidwell named this huge oak after English botanist Sir Joseph Hooker. When it fell during a windstorm in 1977, it was estimated to be over a thousand years old - it was nearly a hundred feet tall and 29 feet in circumference eight feet from the ground. The largest branch measured 111 feet from trunk to tip - circumference of outside branches was nearly five hundred feet."
Marker Number: 313.00
Marker Name: HOOKER OAK
County: Butte
Location:
Bidwell Park, Hooker Oak Recreation Area, Manzanita Ave between Vallombrosa and Hooker Oak Ave, Chico
Has Official CA Plaque: Not Listed
Marker Dedication Date: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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