General Grant in King's Canyon National Park

[larryj]

The tree is 267 feet tall and has a circumference of 102 fest at ground level. It is estimated to be about 1650 years old. It is the second largest giant sequoia tree in the world after the General Sherman Tree also in the same area.

 

[AlanLichty]

The trees around the base of this monster look Lilliputian in comparison. Impressive.

 

[JimFox]

That's a cool one Larry. I think it's hard to really appreciate how large they are without visiting.

Good job on this.

 

[larryj]

The trees around the base of this monster look Lilliputian in comparison. Impressive.

Thanks Alan and yes regular redwood trees look very small compared to this monster!
Thanks for adding a new word to my vocabulary 'Lilliputian'

 

[larryj]

That's a cool one Larry. I think it's hard to really appreciate how large they are without visiting.

Good job on this.

Hi Jim yes those that tree is a monster to capture the relative size in an image, yep you need to be there looking up at the monster!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Quite a giant among the mere mortals around it.

 

[larryj]

Quite a giant among the mere mortals around it.

You are right Jameel, he stands out in a grove of very large trees! General Sherman is even larger, but more difficult to get a clean image because of all the trees and foliage around him.