Name: Big Stump - Discovery Tree (Dancefloor)
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Big Stump - Discovery Tree (Dancefloor)

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Big Stump - Discovery Tree (Dancefloor)

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Location: Calaveras County, California, United States

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1. North Grove loop — Calaveras Big Trees State Park

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2. North grove Loop Trail — Calaveras Big Trees State Park

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3. North Fork Stanislaus River via the River Canyon Trail — Calaveras Big Trees State Park

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450m

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March 2, 2021

The "Discovery Tree" was noted by Augustus T. Dowd in 1852 and felled in 1853, leaving a giant stump and a section of trunk showing the holes made by the augers used to fell it. It measured 25 ft (7.6 m) in diameter at its base and was determined by ring count to be 1,244 years old when felled. A section of the trunk was toured with little fanfare while the stump was later turned into a dance floor. John Muir wrote an essay titled "The Vandals Then Danced Upon the Stump!" to criticize the felling of the tree. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calaveras_Big_Trees_State_Park

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Elevation 1,400 m

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Location: Calaveras County, California, United States

Big Stump - Discovery Tree (Dancefloor)

1. North Grove loop — Calaveras Big Trees State Park

2. North grove Loop Trail — Calaveras Big Trees State Park

3. North Fork Stanislaus River via the River Canyon Trail — Calaveras Big Trees State Park

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