Old Glory / Pico Canyon
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N 34° 22.692 W 118° 35.070
11S E 354319 N 3805228
Located in Pico Canyon park
Waymark Code: WM10E97
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2019
Views: 5
If you were around Southern California in 2002, you probably heard the story of Old Glory.
Old Glory, the 70-foot-tall, 458-ton tree estimated to be 400 years old, attracted national media attention in late 2002 when environmentalist John Quigley climbed into its branches and lived there for over 70 days in protest of its removal.
The developer of Stevenson Ranch had proposed cutting down the massive oak tree to make room for the widening of Pico Canyon Road, but local residents argued that the road should be built around it. After months, and many lawsuits, a compromise was reached that would move Old Glory from its primary location to an oak preserve a quarter mile away: Pico Canyon Park.
A move of this magnitude had never been attempted before, and the chances of it being a successful transplant were slim. The new location was prepared and Old Glory was replanted. Arborists cautioned that success would not be fully known until seven years after the move.
It has now been over 10 years since the move.
Genus/Species: Oak
Height: 70
Girth: 15
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Park
Age: 400
Historical significance: In 2007, Guinness World Records certified Old Glory as the largest tree in the world to be transplanted.
Website reference: [Web Link]
Parking coordinates: N 34° 22.680 W 118° 35.104
Walk time: 1
Planter: 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.