Evans Grove

Evans Grove is a giant sequoia grove in California—one of many natural sequoia groves in the Sierra Nevada. It finds its home in Sequoia National Forest[1] and is one of the largest groves with about 500 trees.[2] It houses abundant stumps of dead sequoias. It can be navigated through by many dirt roads, but has no official trails. It has one tree of great size, which is named Evans tree.

The grove is named after John Evans, who lived nearby and protected the trees from fire.[3]

Evans Grove and the areas surrounding it were heavily impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015 and have since been closed by the Sequoia National Forest.[4]

Noteworthy trees

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

  • Evans Tree: With a volume of 30,232 cubic feet (856.1 m3), it ranks in the top 40 giant sequoias alive today.

See also

References

  1. ↑ White, Michael (2004). Kings Canyon National Park. Wilderness Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-89997-335-7.
  2. ↑ Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Douglas E. Kyle; Ethel G. Rensch (2002). Historic Spots in California. Stanford University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9.
  3. ↑ Massey, Peter G.; Jeanne Wilson (2006). Backcountry Adventures Southern California. Adler Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-930193-26-0.
  4. ↑ "Sequoia National Forest - Kennedy Meadows Trailhead". www.fs.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
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