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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.
Chandelier Tree – another tunnel tree, but a coast redwood, not a giant sequoia Two other drive-through coast redwood trees (taller and more slender than giant sequoias) still stand. These are along US 101 in northern California , in Klamath and Myers Flat .
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
Jim Allday, a volunteer at the park, told SF Gate that the tree "shattered" as soon as it hit the ground.
An ancient stand of the world's tallest trees has fallen victim to California's raging wildfires. The CZU and SCU complex fires near Santa Cruz have ravaged Big Basin State Park. Big Basin is ...
Avenue of the Giants features a tree that visitors can drive through. Shrine Drive-Thru Tree is near the town of Myers Flat. It is privately held; the owner charges $15 or more for a car to drive through it. Avenue of the Giants passes through a redwood forest
Julia Lorraine Hill (born February 18, 1974), best known as Julia Butterfly Hill, is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She lived in a 200-foot (61 m)-tall, approximately 1,000-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997, and December 18, 1999.
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]