Mariposa Grove is a sequoia large tree grove located
near Wawona, California, in the southern most section of
Yosemite National Park, at 37°31′N 119°36′W by 37°31′N
119°36′W. It is the largest grove of Giant Sequoia trees in
the park, with several hundred huge mature examples of the
tall and wide tree. Two of Mariposa Grove's famous trees
are among the 25 largest Giant Sequoias in the world.
The Mariposa Grove was first visited by non-native white
men in 1857 when Galen Clark and Milton Mann found the
grove. They named the grove after the local Mariposa
County, California, where the grove resides near the
entrance.
The Mariposa Grove Giant Sequoia named Grizzly Giant is
between around 1900-2400 years old: the oldest tree in the
grove. In 1932, it was claimed to be the fifth largest tree
by volume in the world, but other trees were subsequently
found to be even larger; it currently has a volume of
34,010 cubic feet, only the 25th largest. It is 210 feet
tall, and has a heavily buttressed base with a basal
circumference of 92 ft or a diameter of 30 feet. Grizzly
Giant's first branch from its base is itself 6 ft in
diameter.
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