Places: CA-Log Meadow

Log Meadow-6,778' (Lodgepole)   
(36.5582777,   -118.7437088)

Description:
First visited by Hale D. Tharp, 1858, when he carved his name and the date on a huge fallen sequoia at the edge of the meadow. Later, Tharp occupied this hollow sequoia log as a summer cabin, fitting it with a door and window. “This fallen tree is 24 feet in diameter at the butt and is estimated as having been 311 feet in height when it fell. . . . The hollowed out portion of the log in which Mr. Tharp lived consists of a room 56 1/2 feet in length and 8 feet high in front, tapering to 4 feet in height and width at the rear.” (Walter Fry, in Sequoia National Park Nature Guide Service, Bulletin No. 1, Nov. 22, 1924.)

“By the middle of the afternoon [I] discovered his noble den in a fallen Sequoia hollowed by fire—a spacious loghouse of one log, carbon-lined, centuries old, yet sweet and fresh, weather proof, earthquake proof, likely to out-last the most durable stone castle, and commanding views of garden and grove grander far than the richest king ever enjoyed.” (Muir: Our National Parks, 1901, p. 305; also, in Atlantic Monthly, September, 1901, p. 313.)  From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

From GNIS:  Located in sec 5,T16S,R30E, Mount Diablo Meridian. On Crescent Creek, 0.48 km (0.3 mi) east of Crescent Meadow and 2.9 km (1.8 mi) northeast of Moro Rock. Also called:

• Tharpe Meadow: Durham, David L. California’s Geographic Names. 31-Dec-1998. Clovis, CA : Word Dancer Press.
• Tharpe's Log Meadow:  Durham, David L. California’s Geographic Names. 31-Dec-1998. Clovis, CA : Word Dancer Press.
• Thayer Meadow
• Wolverton Meadow

Trips:

• February 18, 2015 - Crescent Meadows wandering
• June 28, 2017 - Meetup hike around Crescent Meadow 
• May 30, 2018 - Meetup group traveling along the General's Highway, looking for adventure, a regular smorgasbord of trips.
• November 1, 2023 - Sherri and Gary walk around Crescent Meadow area including Circle Meadow, Log Meadow and the Trail of the Sequoias
  

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