Trail of 100 Giants - Sequoia National Monument, California
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DougK
N 35° 58.617 W 118° 35.777
11S E 356083 N 3982569
The Trail of 100 Giants is the most popular attraction in the Giant Sequoia National Monument, and it's easy to see why. The trail is easy to get to, it's short, flat, and paved, and it's got a lot of really impressive trees.
Waymark Code: WMQQ15
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2016
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The trail of 100 giants is located in the Giant Sequoia National Monument.
It is about one half mile round trip and is a gentle trail, suitable for wheelchairs. Being at an elevation of 6,400 feet, the trail of 100 Giants is open from May through October. The road is closed from snow, the rest of the year.
| Giant Sequoia from the Trail
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Base of a Giant Redwood
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Looking Up the trunk of a Giant Redwood
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At 1:11 PM on Friday, September 30, 2011, two giant redwood trees conjoined at the base for the first thirty feet, fell across the trail. This was captured on a Youtube video by a German tourist on the trail. On October 22, another YouTube video shows the trail opening to the public to examine what had happened and what to do to reopen the trail.
| The Fallen Redwood
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Dual-Trunked Fallen Giant
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Excepted from Redwood Hikes
The trail's name notwithstanding, there are in fact maybe 20 really big trees along the trail. Some of them are truly impressive. That's actually pretty good for a trail of this length.
From the
US Forest Service website:
The grove contains approximately 125 giant sequoias greater than 10 feet in diameter, and more than 700 giant sequoias less than 10 feet in diameter. The largest tree in the grove has a diameter of 20 feet and is 220 feet in height. It is estimated that the ages of the larger giant sequoia trees in the grove are up to 1,500 years old.
| Curvey Trail
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Dual-Trunked Fallen Giant
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Parking is available at Redwood Meadow Campground.
There are two trailheads within a short distance of each other.
The posted coordinates can be seen in Google Street View.
The alternate trailhead at N35° 58.640' W118° 35.638’ can be seen in Google Street View. The Google Street View camera has traversed the whole trail and you can take a virtual walk through the trail. Here’s a place along the trail where you can see a giant fallen redwood tree across the trail.