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1941 2019. The Chandelier Tree in Drive-Thru Tree Park [1] is a 276-foot (84 m) tall coast redwood tree in Leggett, California with a 6-foot-wide (1.8 m) by 6-foot-9-inch-high (2.06 m) hole [2] cut through its base to allow a car to drive through.
The Chandelier Tree, also known as the Drive-Thru Tree, is a 315-foot-tall coast redwood located in Leggett, California. Carved in 1937, its 6-foot-wide tunnel allows vehicles to pass through, making it a popular roadside attraction at the privately owned Drive-Thru Tree Park. [6] Shrine Drive-Thru Tree: Myers Flat: Sequoia sempervirens
The two giant sequoia drive-through trees have both fallen: Wawona Tree, in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, fell in 1969. Pioneer Cabin Tree, in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, fell in 2017. [36] [37] [34] Two walk-through giant sequoia tunnel trees still stand: California tunnel tree in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park [38] A ...
Jim Allday, a volunteer at the park, told SF Gate that the tree "shattered" as soon as it hit the ground.
The Shrine Drive-Thru Tree is small, but according to the official website, the opening is 7 feet wide, and 7 feet high. The Nissan Armada is about 6.5 feet wide, including its mirrors.
The California Tunnel Tree's passageway was dug in 1895 to allow horse-drawn stagecoaches to pass through the tree. [15] Today, people can walk or bike through it. A dead tunnel tree in Tuolumne Grove, Yosemite National Park. [11] The dead tunnel tree in Tuolumne Grove was the first standing sequoia to be tunneled. [12]
California's Redwood National Park officials have made the 380-foot redwood off-limits. Visitors caught near it could face six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. California trying to make the world ...
The community is served by California's State Route 1, whose northern terminus with U.S. Route 101 is just outside the center of town. The town of Leggett includes a single gas station, United States Post Office, 1-12 school, a small grocery store, restaurant, full-service mechanic (ask a local), fire station and the Drive-Thru Tree.