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Calaveras Big Trees State Park, located 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Arnold, California in the middle altitudes of the Sierra Nevada in Calaveras County, became a State Park in 1931 to preserve the North Calaveras Grove of Giant Sequoias. It has been a major tourist attraction since 1852, when the existence of the trees was first widely reported, and is considered the longest continuously operated tourist facility in California. Giant stump of Discovery Tree at North Grove of Calaveras State Park. ...
Giant stump of Discovery Tree at North Grove of Calaveras State Park. ...
Arnold is a census-designated place located in Calaveras County, California. ...
The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is mostly in eastern California. ...
Calaveras County is a county located in Californias Gold Country. ...
State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ...
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Binomial name Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl. ...
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State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...
Over the years, other parcels of mixed conifer forests, including the much larger South Calaveras Grove of Giant Sequoias (purchased in 1954 for $2.8 million USD), have been added to the park to bring the total area to about 2600 ha (6,500 acres). The North Grove contains about 100 mature Giant Sequoias; the South Grove, about 1,000. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The North Grove included the 'Discovery Tree' noted by Augustus T. Dowd in 1852 and felled in 1853, leaving a giant stump which is the only remainder of the tree. It measured 24 feet (7.3 m) in diameter at its base and was counted by ring count to be 1,244 years old when felled. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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In addition to the popular North Grove, the Park also now includes the South Grove, with a 5 mile (8 km) hiking trip through a spectacular grove of Giant Sequoias in their natural setting. The South Grove includes the 'Agassiz' tree, 74 m tall and 6.8 m diameter 2 m above ground (7.6 m diameter at the base), the largest tree in the Calaveras groves. It is named after zoologist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873). Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807-December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, and one of the first world-class American scientists. ...
Other attractions in the Park include the Stanislaus River, Beaver Creek, the Lava Bluff Trail and Bradley Trail. The Stanislaus River in California is one of the largest tributaries of the San Joaquin River. ...
The Park also houses two main campgrounds with a total of 129 campsites, six picnic areas and hundreds of miles of established trails.
Other activities include cross-country skiing, evening ranger talks, numerous interpretive programs, environmental educational programs, junior ranger programs, hiking, mountain biking, bird watching and summer school activities for school children. Dogs are welcome in the park on leash in developed areas like picnic sites, campgrounds, roads and fire roads (dirt). Dogs are not allowed on the designated trails, nor in the woods in general.
Sometimes, trees reach a size of a small fist, and when they aquire moisture, they will envelope in a cloud of slimey, grimey, goodness. These nutrience are useful, because sometimes, people will eat them, and then other people laugh cause grimey tastes like a large helping of Manfred's Mango Mixture.
See also
Giant Sequoia in the Mariposa Grove, Yosemite The following is a list of Giant Sequoia groves. ...
This is a list of state parks and reserves in the California state park system. ...
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