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| Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks & Sequoia Forest | |||
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| Snow
in Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park |
Snow in Grant Grove | General Grant, the Nation's Christmas Tree | Top of Grant Tree |
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| General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park |
Senate Group, Sequoia Park | Stumps from logging near Grant Grove | General Grant Tree in the snow |
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| Mark Twain stump | General Grant Tree | General Grant | Redwoods in Grant Grove |
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| Stump
in Converse Basin, Sequoia National Forest |
The
forest has nearly reclaimed the area around this stump |
Giant
Forest Museum in Sequoia National Park |
Trees across from the museum |
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| Redwood Mountain,
world's largest Sequoia grove |
Sequoia in Lost
Grove, Sequoia National Park |
Fallen sequoias in Log Meadow | The ultimate drive-through |
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Giant sequoias stand |
Elephant feet | Sequoia cones in the snow | A burned out giant
sequoia snag by the Big Stump Trail |
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| Artistic pattern on sequoia stump | Bridge and creek
near the Mark Twain Stump |
Big tree by the start of Big Stump Trail |
Full view of the tree (Wes Thiessen photo) |
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| Evidence
of logging from the late 19th Century (Thiessen) |
Sections of this log
became fence posts and roof shingles |
Sign at Gamlin Cabin in Grant Grove |
The cabin |
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| Icicles in Grant Grove, April 2016 | This big sequoia fell in 1933 | "The
Castle," a broken off sequoia on the Big Stump Basin trail |
This is one of the tallest stumps in the basin |
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Redwood Canyon Grove, |
Along the trail in Grant Grove | The Methuselah Tree | Like
many ancient sequoias, it has a big burn scar |
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Redwood Mountain from Generals Highway |
Fire
created a natural tunnel tree along the road to Redwood Canyon |
View along the Redwood Canyon Trail | Big
sequoia welcomes visitors at the parking lot |
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| Base of giant sequoia in Grant Grove | Top to bottom view of a tree in Grant Grove | The General Sherman - world's largest tree | Smaller
giants near the Sherman Tree (Photo by Wes Thiessen) |
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| Sherman Tree in 2023 | |||
| Click here for Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks Web Site and here for more Kings Canyon & Sequoia Park photos | |||
| Yosemite National Park - Mariposa Grove | |||
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| Giant
sequoias in the newly renovated Mariposa Grove |
The venerable Grizzly Giant | Some of
the 500 mature sequoias found in the grove |
Visitor at the California Tree |
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| Grizzly Giant from the north side | The California Tunnel Tree | Another
view of the Grizzly Giant (by Susan & Andy Crandall) |
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| McKinley Grove | |||
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| Sequoia at McKinley Grove | More sequoias | Top of tree, with huge horizontal branch | A nice pair of sequoias |
| Nelder Grove | |||
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| Shattered log near the Bull Buck Tree | Young sequoia trees | The Western Tree | |
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| Visitors pose in 1969 by the upper portion of a sequoia that was cut in the 1890’s | Snags in upper grove | Close-up of the top of dead snag | Two
snags flank a young sequoia |
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| The
second California mill, built at Nelder Grove in 1881. Wooden-wheeled wagons carried logs from the woods. (Madera County Historical Society collection) |
The
dry rollway at the second mill. A wagon drawn by mules has just come into position for unloading. (Madera County Historical Society collection) |
Fire has burned through this spot, charring but not destroying the big stumps | An ancient dead snag was once a proud giant like the tree in the background |
 
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| Like mother, like sons and grandsons: Teri in 1969; Johnny in 1986; Mikie in 2001; Colton in 2014; Jack in 2017 | |||
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| Left: Dick on stump, 1969; right, on the ground in 1999 | A young cedar has
grown up through the base of this old stump |
A broken snag
stands next to a man-made stump |
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| Dick at the Bull Buck Tree | All about the Bull Buck | Photos
taken in 2008 show the Old Granddad nearly hidden behind new growth (see 1970s photo above) |
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Bull Buck base |
Bull Buck Tree | Bull Buck trunk | Fallen sequoia with moss |
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| Dead snag, Speckerman Mountain road |
Fir tree growing on top of redwood stump | Tourists at Nelder Grove, 1983 | Upper grove stump field |
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| Dead
Sequoia snag by Shadow of the Giants Trail |
Pioneer
cabin moved from Biledo Meadow to campground |
Another cabin | Cabin construction detail |
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| Interpretive sign for log chute | Two-pole log chute | Interpretive sign for tramway | Tram rails described in sign |
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| Tall fir by the Shadow of the Giants Trail | Stump near campground entrance | You
can't have too many photos of the Bull Buck Tree |
Bull
Buck and the stump |
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| Dick at stump in campground | The magnificent
Bull Buck Tree, July 17, 2013 |
The Bull Buck has
the typical rounded top of a giant sequoia |
Jennifer shows us how big a Sequoia tree is |
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Looking
up at Big Ed |
Fence built to protect the Bull Buck | Slash piles, to be
burned after the first snowfall |
Brenda and Carolyn at the Chimney Tree |
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| Brenda, Wes and Carolyn at the Chimney Tree |
Base of log cut down with axes | This
old stump is almost hidden in the surrounding bushes |
The unmistakable
color of a sequoia stands out in the forest |
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| Huge log from tree felled in the Interpretive Center area | The
Forest Service cleared a path to give us this view of the Bull Buck |
Dick photographing in the Graveyard of the Giants in 1969 |
Fir
trees by the Shadow |
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| Twin giants along the trail | A peaceful stroll on the trail | Leap of faith | Johnny and Colton
investigate the lumber flume replica |
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Colton
represents the 4th |
Looking WAY up | Dead snags in Graveyard of the Giants, about 1980 |
Another view of the charred stumps in the Graveyard of the Giants |
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| Middle of the Bull Buck trunk |
Top of the tree, with
dying |
Two young sequoias near the Bull Buck |
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Chimney Tree Trail winds past an ancient sequoia stump |
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Along the Graveyard of the Giants Trail |
The Leaner Tree | Dead fir on the Graveyard of the Giants Trail | Another big sequoia near Nelder Creek |
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| Two giants close
together by the Shadow of the Giants Trail |
The trunk of the
Sierra Beauty near the Shadow of the Giants Trail |
What
looks like a dense patch of young redwoods are |
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meadow in the campground was nice and green in June 2017 |
No shortage of sequoia cones | California
Creek runs through the campground, then down this cascade to the main road |
Dogwood
blossoms decorate the starting point for the Bull Buck Trail |
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| An
excellent dogwood blossom display in 2018 (Wes Thiessen photo) |
Falls on California Creek a short distance south of the campground (Thiessen) | Wild iris are common in the grove | Crown of the Bull Buck |
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| A sampling of the many tall stumps in Nelder Grove | |||
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| Pine
and fir forest along Chimney Tree Trail opened up by prescribed burning |
The Old Forester | Lower section of the Old Forester | Top to bottom view of the Old Forester |
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| The California Tree | Dead top of the California | Chimney Tree | One of
the few sequoias to lose a battle with fire (Chimney Tree Trail) |
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| Classic top of the Bull Buck Tree | A sunny view of the Bull Buck | Top of the Old Forester | Giant sequoia in Nelder Basin |
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| Sequoia
damaged and probably killed by the Railroad Fire of 2017 |
Destruction
along the Graveyard of the Giants Trail |
The symmetrical base of the Bull Buck | Meadow next to the campground |
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The Bull Buck was looking |
The
Upshaw Brothers, age 4 and 6, at the Bull Buck Tree |
A
new vista point for the Big Ed Tree was created in 2019 |
Along
the Bull Buck Loop Trail (by Ardyss Webster) |
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| The stately Old Forester | Dead top of the California Tree | The Bull Buck and dogwood | A giant sequoia in Nelder Basin |
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The
"Canyon Tree," above Nelder Creek on the Graveyard Trail |
Full view of the tree | Sequoia makes a perfect background for dogwood blossoms (Crandall photo) | There
were dozens of burn piles in Nelder Grove in the summer of 2024 |
| Click here, here, and here for more about Nelder Grove | |||
| Pacific Coast Redwoods | |||
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| The biggest tree in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park |
The Celery Stalk,
a "mother tree" surrounded by "children" grown up from the roots |
A typical scene in the grove | The area is filled with rampant plant life |
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| Mutant redwood | Hollowed out redwood stump | Redwoods
in Montgomery Woods State Preserve near Ukiah |
An
outstanding specimen in Montgomery Woods Preserve |
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| Every stump has plants growing on top of it | Well, not quite EVERY stump | This tree shows a
scar typical of many older specimens |
Another
scene in Montgomery |
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| Bridge built on a fallen redwood log | Redwoods
on the North Trail in Russian Gulch State Park |
A typical redwood "family circle," new trees grown up from the roots of an ancestor | Here every stump DOES support new life |
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| The Grandfather Tree on US 101 | View of the tree from the east | Tourists by the Dyerville Giant | |
| Calaveras Big Trees State Park | |||
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| Sequoia along the North Grove Trail | This tree was felled by boring with augers, since no saw was long enough | The
stump of the tree was planed smooth for dances |
Dogwood,
fir and cedar surround this sequoia |
| Other Locations | |||
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| Young sequoia planted near Alder Springs (Shaver Lake area) | Jack
got a tiny seedling in a plastic tube in 2023; it's doing well a year later |
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| Related inks | |||
| The Complete Nelder Grove Story | More about Nelder Grove | ||
| More about Redwoods | Redwood National Park Web Site | ||
| Mark Twain Stump | Biledo Meadow | ||
| Shadow of the Giants Trail | Friends of Nelder Grove | ||
| Giant Sequoias in California | Dick's Redwood Gallery | ||
| Redwood Hikes | |||
