Tallest Giant Sequoia
(Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Diameters are taken at breast height (4.5 feet or 1.37 meters) above tree’s average ground level. Heights are determined by the vertical distance from the top of tree, living or dead, to the average ground level of tree. Height measurements were obtained with either climber deployed tapeline or tripod mounted Impulse 200 LR laser range finder. Accuracy is (+,-) 2 inches (.025 meters) or better unless stated as preliminary in which case the accuracy is generally (+,-) 1 foot or better. All data and most discoveries come from the following sources: Steve Sillett, Chris Atkins, Michael Taylor, Bob Van Pelt, Bill Kruse and Will Bloznan
311' Giant Sequoia In Redwood Mountain Grove, Kings Canyon National Park
---Height--- --Diameter-- ---Name, Location, Notes----
(feet) (meters) (feet) (meters) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 314.0 95.8 N/A N/A Noname, Sequoia National Forest. 311.4 94.9 16.0 4.87 Noname, Kings Canyon National Park. Discovered July 1998 by Michael Taylor. Grows in the Redwood Mountain Grove area. Climbed and measured by tapeline by Steve Sillett 311.0 94.8 10.0 3.04 Noname, Kings Canyon National Park. Discovered by Chris Atkins/Taylor in 2003. Headwaters of Upper Redwood Creek basin, at junction of Cabin Creek. 308 93.9 16.5 5.02 Noname, Kings Canyon National Park. Grows 500 feet south of 311.4 tree. Has a broad multi-leader top. Handheld laser measurement. Preliminary. 306 93.3 N/A N/A Noname, Kings Canyon National Park. Has a nice spire top. Handheld laser measurement. Preliminary. 303 92.4 N/A N/A Noname, Kings Canyon National Park. Grows next to 311.0 Tree. 303 92.4 N/A N/A Noname, Kings Canyon National Park. Several other giganteum near 300' feet tall in general area. Preliminary. 302 92.0 N/A N/A Noname. Sequioa Nationa Forest. Two trees of this height. Handheld laser measurement. Preliminary. 301 91.7 N/A N/A Noname, Kings Canyon National Park. Handheld laser measurement. Preliminary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Note: This list is very imcomplete. Please help improve this archive by reporting "Landmark Trees"