Big Stump Grove-6,086' (Hume, Grant Grove) (36.7168911, -118.9692741)
Stump Meadow-6,086' (Hume, Grant Grove) (36.8174460, -118.9648311)
Description:
Imagine yourself in a noisy, bustling logging camp as you ponder huge sequoia stumps and other remains of Smith Comstock's lumbering operation. As you walk this 1-mile loop through regenerating sequoia forest, shrubland and meadow, watch for birds and wildflowers. An alternate trail leads across the highway and past the Sawed Tree, a sequoia that survived being cut most of the way through over a century ago. Big Stump Basin is located 2 1/2 miles southwest of the visitor center on Hwy. 180. From NPS Grant Grove Points of Interest
One of the better-known sequoias felled for exhibition in 1891 was the Mark Twain Tree in what is know called Big Stump Grove, Kings Canyon National Park (Fig. 2). Early photographs show a near-perfect specimen without serious fire scars. Because of its excessive size and weight, an extensive feather-bedding trench was dug to prevent its breakage in felling. Some 8 days of labor were required for the felling, a monument to the engineering skill of the loggers, whose pride undoubtedly exceeded their monetary recompense. Collis P. Huntington gave the basal section of the tree to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where it remains today. The next higher section, presented to the British Museum in London, has remained there since. The remainder of the tree was cut up for grape stakes and fence posts, so that only the stump remains. Surely, these cross sections of the tree have been of great interest to viewers, but can it possibly be as great as if it were today a living museum piece in its native Big Stump Grove? From The Giant Sequoia of the Sierra
Trips:
- July 31, 2014 - Day hike around Big Stump
- August 3, 2013 - Day hike around Big Stump with the Woods
- May 30, 2018 - Meetup group traveling along the General's Highway, looking for adventure, a regular smorgasbord of trips.
- October 19, 2021 - Gary took a short hike around the Big Stump and Hitchcock Meadow area.
- September 24, 2022 - Dark Sky Event and Hiked to Hitchcock Meadows
- September 25, 2022 - Hiked the Big Stump loop
- November 26, 2022 - Carol, Emily, Sherri and Gary take a day hike to Hitchcock and beyond.
- January 20, 2023 - First snowshoe of the season. A short one.
References:
- NPS Grant Grove Points of Interest
- Sequoia Natural History Association-History of the Big Stump area
- American Southwest
- Monumental Trees
- The Giant Sequoia of the Sierra, an NPS publication
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