General Sherman Tree
The General Sherman Tree is a giant sequoia tree in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth.- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 6,893 feet (2,101 metres)
- …is named after William Tecumseh Sherman
- …stands 275 feet (84 metres) tall
- Description: giant sequoia in Giant Forest, California; largest single-stem tree in the world by volume
- Also known as“General Sherman”“Karl Marx Tree”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Cattle Cabin and Giant Forest Museum.
Cattle Cabin
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The Cattle Cabin is a one-room log cabin that was built in the Sierra Nevada by Hale D.
4,100 feet south of General Sherman Tree
Giant Forest Museum
The Giant Forest Museum is a museum, dedicated to the…
1½ miles southwest of General Sherman Tree
Tharp’s Log
Tharp's Log is a hollowed giant sequoia log at Log…
1½ miles south of General Sherman Tree
General Sherman Tree
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Latitude
36.58165° or 36° 34′ 54″ north
Longitude
-118.75144° or 118° 45′ 5″ west
Open location code
8583H6JX+MC
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“General Sherman Tree” goes by many names.
Generaal ShermanAfrikaans
جنرال شيرمانArabic
Գեներալ ՇերմանArmenian
General ŞermanAzerbaijani
General Şerman (ağac)Azerbaijani
Sherman jeneralaBasque
জেনারেল শেরম্যানBengali
Генерал ШърманBulgarian
Генерал Шърман (дърво)Bulgarian
General ShermanCatalan
ژەنەڕاڵ شێرمانCentral Kurdish
雪曼将军树Chinese
雪曼將軍樹Chinese
Strom generála ShermanaCzech
General ShermanDanish
General ShermanDutch
General Sherman TreeDutch
General ShermanEstonian
General ShermanFinnish
Kenraali ShermanFinnish
Maailman suurin puuFinnish
Xeneral ShermanGalician
ג’נרל שרמןHebrew
Sherman tábornok fájaHungarian
Jenderal ShermanIndonesian
Generale ShermanItalian
シャーマン将軍の木Japanese
General Sherman TreeKölsch
Генерал ШерманMacedonian
ജനറൽ ഷെർമാൻMalayalam
جنرال شرمنPersian
درخت جنرال شرمنPersian
درخت ژنرال شرمنPersian
ژنرال شرمنPersian
General ShermanPolish
General Sherman TreePolish
Генерал ШерманRussian
Strom generála ShermanaSlovak
General ShermanSwedish
ஜெனரல் செர்மன் மரம்Tamil
జనరల్ షేర్మన్ చెట్టుTelugu
Генерал ШерманUkrainian
дерево Генерал ШерманUkrainian
جنرل شرمنUrdu
Cây General ShermanVietnamese
General ShermanVietnamese
جرنل شرمن رکھWestern Panjabi
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