Big Stump Grove

Giant sequoia grove in Kings Canyon National Park, California, United States

Big Stump Grove is a giant sequoia grove located at the southwest entrance of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California. It is one of a group of eight close but narrowly separated Giant Sequoia groves situated in Giant Sequoia National Monument and Kings Canyon National Park.

Overview

The grove derives its name from Old Adam, sometimes also referred to as the Burnt Monarch. It is a large standing sequoia snag, which had died prior to logging in that area.^[1]

Noteworthy trees

Some trees found in the grove that are worthy of special note include:

• Mark Twain Stump: the stump of what was once one of the largest giant sequoias in the world. Felled in 1891 so that sections of the trunk could be displayed in the natural history museums of New York and London. The remainder of the tree was cut up for grape stakes and fence posts.^[2]
• The Sawed Tree: a giant sequoia that bears the scars of deep cuts from a crosscut saw made sometime during the late 19th century, though the tree remains perfectly healthy.
• Old Adam: a dead giant sequoia with an especially gnarled and decayed appearance.
• The Resurrection Tree: located at the beginning of Big Stump Grove trail, this is one of only two old growth sequoia trees still standing in the grove.

Gallery

• 
  Resurrection Tree, June 2022
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  Resurrection Tree, July 2023
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  Mark Twain Stump, March 2016
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  Mark Twain Stump in May 1972

See also

• List of giant sequoia groves
• General Grant Grove

References

1. Timely Exposures: The Life and Images of C.C. Curtis, Pioneer California Photographer, by Jackie McDougall Weiner. (2009). Chapter 7, pages 39-40. pub: The Write Thought, Inc., via a grant by the Tulare County Historical Society.
2. "The Giant Sequoia of the Sierra Nevada (Chapter 1)".