General Sherman Tree

The General Sherman Tree is a giant sequoia tree in the of in , . By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: giant sequoia in Giant Forest, California; largest single-stem tree in the world by volume
  • Also known as: “General Sherman” and “Karl Marx Tree”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cattle Cabin and Giant Forest Museum.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a one-room log cabin that was built in the Sierra Nevada by Hale D. Tharp and two partners in 1890, in present-day , . is situated 4,100 feet south of General Sherman Tree.

Museum
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The is a , dedicated to the main features of the area of , including its giant sequoias, meadows, and also the human history of the area. is situated 1½ miles southwest of General Sherman Tree.

Photo: Lahti213, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tharp's Log is a hollowed giant sequoia log at Log Meadow in the grove of that was used as a shelter by early pioneers. is situated 1½ miles south of General Sherman Tree.

General Sherman Tree

Latitude
36.58165° or 36° 34′ 54″ north
Longitude
-118.75144° or 118° 45′ 5″ west
Elevation
6,893 feet (2,101 metres)
Height
275 feet (84 metres)
Named after
William Tecumseh Sherman
Open location code
8583H6JX+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313753662
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tree
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­tree
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5351877
Wiki­data ID
Q152482
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Satellite Map

Discover General Sherman Tree from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“General Sherman Tree” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Generaal Sherman”
  • Arabic: “جنرال شيرمان”
  • Armenian: “Գեներալ Շերման”
  • Azerbaijani: “General Şerman (ağac)”
  • Azerbaijani: “General Şerman”
  • Basque: “Sherman jenerala”
  • Bengali: “জেনারেল শেরম্যান”
  • Bulgarian: “Генерал Шърман (дърво)”
  • Bulgarian: “Генерал Шърман”
  • Catalan: “General Sherman”
  • Central Kurdish: “ژەنەڕاڵ شێرمان”
  • Chinese: “雪曼将军树”
  • Chinese: “雪曼將軍樹”
  • Czech: “Strom generála Shermana”
  • Danish: “General Sherman”
  • Dutch: “General Sherman Tree”
  • Dutch: “General Sherman”
  • Estonian: “General Sherman”
  • Finnish: “General Sherman”
  • Finnish: “Kenraali Sherman”
  • Finnish: “Maailman suurin puu”
  • French: “General Sherman”
  • Galician: “Xeneral Sherman”
  • German: “General Sherman Tree”
  • Hebrew: “ג’נרל שרמן”
  • Hebrew: “גנרל שרמן”
  • Hungarian: “Sherman tábornok fája”
  • Indonesian: “Jenderal Sherman”
  • Italian: “generale Sherman”
  • Italian: “Generale Sherman”
  • Japanese: “シャーマン将軍の木”
  • Kölsch: “General Sherman Tree”
  • Macedonian: “Генерал Шерман”
  • Malayalam: “ജനറൽ ഷെർമാൻ”
  • Persian: “جنرال شرمن”
  • Persian: “درخت جنرال شرمن”
  • Persian: “درخت ژنرال شرمن”
  • Persian: “ژنرال شرمن”
  • Polish: “General Sherman Tree”
  • Polish: “General Sherman”
  • Portuguese: “General Sherman tree”
  • Portuguese: “General Sherman”
  • Russian: “Генерал Шерман”
  • Slovak: “Strom generála Shermana”
  • Spanish: “árbol del General Sherman”
  • Spanish: “General Sherman”
  • Swedish: “General Sherman”
  • Tamil: “ஜெனரல் செர்மன் மரம்”
  • Telugu: “జనరల్ షేర్మన్ చెట్టు”
  • Ukrainian: “Генерал Шерман”
  • Ukrainian: “дерево Генерал Шерман”
  • Urdu: “جنرل شرمن”
  • Vietnamese: “Cây General Sherman”
  • Vietnamese: “General Sherman”
  • Western Panjabi: “جرنل شرمن رکھ”

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