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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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.
Cattle Cabin
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cattle Cabin 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 Sequoia National Park, California. Cattle Cabin is situated 4,100 feet south of General Sherman Tree.
Giant Forest Museum
Museum
The Giant Forest Museum is a museum, dedicated to the main features of the Giant Forest area of Sequoia National Park, including its giant sequoias, meadows, and also the human history of the area. Giant Forest Museum is situated 1½ miles southwest of General Sherman Tree.
Tharp’s Log
Photo: sjorford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tharp's Log is a hollowed giant sequoia log at Log Meadow in the Giant Forest grove of Sequoia National Park that was used as a shelter by early pioneers. Tharp’s Log is situated 1½ miles south of General Sherman Tree.
General Sherman Tree
- Categories: remarkable tree, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.58165° or 36° 34′ 54″ northLongitude
-118.75144° or 118° 45′ 5″ westElevation
6,893 feet (2,101 metres)Height
275 feet (84 metres)Named after
William Tecumseh ShermanOpen location code
8583H6JX+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 313753662OpenStreetMap feature
historic=treeOpenStreetMap feature
natural=treeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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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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