During three separate day-trips - over the course of the summer - I got to visit the six largest trees in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_giant_sequoias
General Grant Tree - the 2nd largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Grant_%28tree%29
Boole Tree - the 6th largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boole_%28tree%29 The Boole Tree is in National Forest land, just north of Kings Canyon National Park.
General Sherman Tree - the largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_sherman_tree
General Sherman Tree - the largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_sherman_tree
General Sherman Tree - the largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_sherman_tree
Honorable Mention: The Washington Tree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_%28tree%29 This was the 2nd largest tree in the world, until it partially collapsed in 2005.
Lincoln Tree - the 4th largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_%28tree%29
Stagg Tree - the 5th largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagg_%28tree%29 The Stagg Tree is in the Alder Creek Grove, east of Porterville (quite some distance south of Sequoia National Park, where most of the Giant Sequoias grow).
Stagg Tree - the 5th largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagg_%28tree%29 The Stagg Tree is in the Alder Creek Grove, east of Porterville (quite some distance south of Sequoia National Park, where most of the Giant Sequoias grow).
President Tree - the 3rd largest tree in the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_%28tree%29
Honorable Mention: The Chief Sequoyah Tree (the 26th largest)
This tree is growing next to the President Tree (the world's 3rd largest)
Honorable Mention: The McKinley Tree
Surprisingly, not mentioned on the list of largest Giant Sequoias