(32.84000°N / 113.91°W)
Description:
Established by act of Congress, October 1, 1890, under a clause added to the bill for establishing Yosemite National Park; comprises four square miles. Named by Secretary of the Interior, John W. Noble, for the General Grant tree, the largest sequoia in the park.
“The name ‘General Grant National Park’ was adopted for the park by the Secretary, because this name had become, by common consent, that of the largest tree there, and which it is understood is among the greatest if not itself the very greatest of the ‘sequoia gigantea.’ The propriety of adopting the name needs no explanation or defense. The people have already baptized the tree with the name of our great and noble general, and the park could not consistently be called aught else, unless it were ‘The Union’.” (Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior, for 1890, p. 125.)
The tree was named in August, 1867, by Mrs. Lucretia P. Baker, of Visalia, for Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), commander-in-chief of the United States Army, 1864-1869; eighteenth president of the United States. The compliment was acknowledged by General Grant in a letter to Mrs. Baker. (Walter Fry.) From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
According to GNIS also called General Grant Grove and Visalia Big Tree Grove: Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley, California: Wilderness Press, 1986. p78
Trips:
- May 28, 2015 - Day trip up Azalea Trail to Park Ridge Lookout
- July 7, 2015 - Meetup trip up Azalea Trail to Park Ridge Lookout
- May 11, 2016 - Day hike with Sherri and Gary, including the North Boundary, North Grove and Dead Giant Loops
- May 21, 2016 - Meetup hike along the North Boundary and North Grove Trails to look at some of the effects of the Rough Fire.
- March 23, 2017 - Snowshoe down the North Grove Loop
- May 17, 2018 - Hike along the North Boundary and North Grove Trails to look at some of the effects of the Rough Fire with my son and brother.
- March 31, 2021 - Snowshoe hike up the Azalea Trail to Park Ridge Lookout.
- June 6, 7, 8, and 9, 2021 - Camped for four days and three nights at Sunset Campground. This got cut short due to the cold
- July 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29 - Camped at Grant Grove, Sunset Campground, Site 103.
- April 19, 2022 - Hiked the North Grove and Dead Giant Loops
- September 27, 2022 - Hiked the North Boundary Trail
- February 2, 2023 - Sherri and Gary snowshoed the North Grove Loop
- February 7, 2023 - Sherri and Gary did a few hours snowshoeing on the North Boundary Trail
- July 21, 2023 - Gary hikes the Azalea Trail.
- . November 29, 2023 - Hike up the Azalea Trail to Park Ridge Lookout
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