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Clothespin Tree

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Clothespin Tree

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Clothespin Tree

Recommended by 15 hikers out of 16

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Location: Mariposa County, California, United States

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Lisa

September 26, 2024

A succession of fires created the 40-foot tunnel through this tree. It's the height of the tunnel that makes it look like the remaining parts of this (still-living!) tree are a giant clothespin stuck in the ground. Another interesting thing is how the neighboring trees don't show the same effects from fires that surely affected them, too. So it must be some inherent quirk of this tree that helped give it that clothespin shape.

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Elevation 1,890 m

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