Is the General Grant tree still standing?

Grant Grove is home to the world's second-largest Giant Sequoia Tree, The General Grant. Located in Kings Canyon National Park, the tree was nicknamed the Nation's Christmas Tree by President Calvin Coolidge, and it remains one of the primary visitor attractions in the area.



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The General Sherman Tree measures 103/31-metres around, and soars 275 feet/84 metres into the blue Sierra sky—and it's still growing. Every year it adds enough wood to make another 60-foot/18-metre-tall tree.

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Visitors can see remnants of this logging today. Cut sections of one of the famous giants, the General Noble tree, were reassembled at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Today, visitors can view the remaining 20-foot “Chicago Stump” in Converse Basin. The trail to the stump is universally accessible.

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It was felled in August 1892 for the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition held in Chicago, Illinois, which celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' famous voyage across the Atlantic.

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Visit our restoration webpages to learn more about this exciting work. How many acres of old-growth forest are left? Fewer than 120,000 acres, or 5 percent, of the original redwood forest remains today.

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Whitebark pine, Western juniper and Douglas-fir can live more than 1,000 years while giant sequoias can live more than 3,000 years. Giant sequoias are the third longest-lived tree species with the oldest known specimen to have been 3,266 years old in the Converse Basin Grove of Giant Sequoia National Monument.

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The more accessible groves were promptly appropriated by lumber companies for private gain, and many giant sequoia areas passed into private hands along with the fine forests of pine that surrounded them. Logging began as early as 1862 and reached its peak from 1880 to 1900 when many groves of giant sequoia were cut.

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