List of giant sequoia groves

This is a list of giant sequoia groves. All naturally occurring giant sequoia groves are located in the moist, unglaciated ridges and valleys of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada range in California, United States. They can be found at elevations between Template:Cvt.

While many groves are within national park boundaries, such as Sequoia National Park and Yosemite National Park, most of the giant sequoia groves are under the care of the United States Forest Service, placing them outside the legislative mandate that excludes commercial timber harvest. Logging of non-sequoia timber continued as recently as the 1980, especially old-growth ponderosa and sugar pine, which have been logged almost to extinction amongst the groves.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Groves in the northern half of the range (north of the Kings River) are widely scattered and host smaller collections of giant sequoias than groves found within and south of the Kings River watershed. The total area of all the groves combined is approximately Template:Cvt. The groves are listed from north to south in the list below.

This list is based on five different sources, with slightly varying views on what constitutes a discrete grove; the differing interpretations are noted in italics. The lists of groves were compiled by Rundel (1972; recognizing 75 groves), Flint (1987; recognizing 65 groves), Willard (1994; recognizing 65 groves), the Giant Sequoia National Monument Visitor's Guide (2003), and the Draft Giant Sequoia National Monument Plan 2010. Currently, the U.S. National Park Service cites Rundel's total of 75 groves in its visitor publications. The updated lists from Willard and Flint are now known to be more accurate, therefore some of Rundel's 75 groves have been removed from this list. Below compiles a list of 81 giant sequoia groves.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Failed verification

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North of the Kings RiverEdit

The 7 groves north of the Kings River watershed are in Tahoe National Forest, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Yosemite National Park, or Sierra National Forest (listed north to south):

Name	Location	Coordinates	Elevation
			(m)	(ft)
Placer County Big Trees Grove	Tahoe National Forest Placer County	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The northernmost grove, with only six trees, the largest being Template:Convert in diameter. The grove is also the furthest removed from all other giant sequoia groves. Part of the American River watershed.
North Calaveras Grove	Calaveras Big Trees State Park Calaveras County	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The first giant sequoia grove to be visited by Europeans (1833), as well as the first to be documented (1852). Part of the Calaveras River watershed.
South Calaveras Grove	Calaveras Big Trees State Park Tuolumne County	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The lowest average elevation of any giant sequoia grove. Includes the Louis Agassiz tree, one of the largest giant sequoias in the world. Part of the Stanislaus River watershed.
Tuolumne Grove	Yosemite National Park Tuolumne County	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The grove features about six visible giant sequoias amongst a dense understory of dogwood. Includes the "Dead Giant", a fallen giant sequoia with a stagecoach-sized tunnel cut through it. Part of the Tuolumne River watershed.
Merced Grove	Yosemite National Park Mariposa County	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The grove features about 20 large trees. Part of the Merced River watershed.
Mariposa Grove	Yosemite National Park Mariposa County	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Includes the 'Grizzly Giant' and many other famous trees. Part of the Merced River watershed.
Nelder Grove	Sierra National Forest Madera County	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Three units, partially logged; site of the Shadow of the Giants National Recreation Trail. This grove was heavily impacted by the Railroad Fire in 2017. Part of the Fresno River watershed.

Kings River watershedEdit

The 18 groves in the Kings River watershed are in Kings Canyon National Park, the northern section of Giant Sequoia National Monument, or Sequoia National Forest, in southern Fresno County and northern Tulare County (listed north to south):

Name	Location	Coordinates	Elevation		Comments
			(m)	(ft)
McKinley Grove	Sierra National Forest Fresno County	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The grove features between 150 and 200 large trees.
Converse Basin Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The grove was the second-largest giant sequoia grove before being heavily logged in the 1890s. Despite this, nearly 100 widely scattered old-growth trees remain and has experienced significant regrowth. The grove is also the home of the Boole Tree, the 6th largest giant sequoia in the world. It is also the home of the Chicago Stump, the remnant of what was once the General Noble tree which was the second largest tree in the grove. This grove was significantly impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=Rough/>
Indian Basin Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A mid-size grove that was logged between 1901 and 1907. The grove contains many young sequoias approaching diameters of up to Template:Convert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lockwood Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Part of the Evans Complex. The grove was heavily impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015, which killed 14 trees with diameters of at least Template:Convert.<ref name=SFCRF>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Rough>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Monarch Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Immediately north of the Agnew Grove, near Monarch Wilderness boundary. On Forest Service GSNM map. Despite its close proximity to Agnew Grove, this grove was not significantly impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=Rough/>
Agnew Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	This grove was heavily impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=Rough/>
Deer Meadow Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	This grove was heavily impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=Rough/>
Cherry Gap Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Logged. Located between Converse Basin Grove and General Grant Grove, near McGee Overlook. This grove was significantly impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=Rough/>
Evans Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Heavily logged before 1920. Part of Evans Grove Complex. This grove was heavily impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=SFCRF/><ref name=Rough/>
Abbott Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Listed by Rundel and Flint; very small (largely logged); too few trees to qualify as a grove according to Willard.
Kennedy Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Kings Canyon National Park Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Home of 'Ishi Giant'. Part of Evans Complex. This grove was heavily impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=SFCRF/><ref name=Rough/>
Little Boulder Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Part of Evans Complex. This grove was heavily impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=Rough/>
Bearskin Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The grove was the first to be affected by the clearcutting of giant sequoia groves by U.S. Forest Service in the 1980s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Features many large giant sequoias along road 13S98A, which runs through the heart of the grove.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Boulder Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Part of Evans Complex. This grove was heavily impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=Rough/>
General Grant Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Kings Canyon National Park Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Includes the General Grant Tree. This grove was significantly impacted by the Rough Fire in 2015.<ref name=Rough/>
Landslide Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Sequoia Creek Grove	Kings Canyon National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Big Stump Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Kings Canyon National Park Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Includes the Burnt Monarch, the remains of which are larger than any living tree.

Kaweah River watershedEdit

The 31 groves in the Kaweah River watershed are all in Sequoia National Park or in mixed BLM and private ownership, except the northernmost in Sequoia National Forest and Kings Canyon National Park (listed north to south):

Name	Location	Coordinates	Elevation		Comments
			(m)	(ft)
Redwood Mountain Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Kings Canyon National Park Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The largest grove, 1240 hectares (3100 acres), with 15,800 sequoias Template:Convert or more in diameter at the base. Home of the Roosevelt and Hart Trees, the 22nd and 25th largest giant sequoias in the world, respectively. This grove was heavily impacted by the KNP Complex Fire in 2021.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Big Baldy South Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Lost Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Contains no exceptionally large trees, but one giant sequoia has a ground perimeter of Template:Convert, one of the largest of any giant sequoia.
Muir Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A dense collection of giant sequoias at the end of a Template:Convert trail. Home of 'Dalton', the 36th largest giant sequoia in the world.
Skagway Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Pine Ridge Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Suwanee Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A 28.3 hectare (70 acre) grove.<ref name=NPSD1/> This grove was heavily impacted by the KNP Complex Fire in 2021.<ref name=":0" />
Giant Forest	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	This grove contains half of the ten largest trees by volume, including the largest, General Sherman Tree, and 8,400 others at least Template:Convert in diameter.
Granite Creek Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	An exceptionally small grove located along Granite Creek.
Redwood Meadow Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Little Redwood Meadow Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located southeast of Redwood Meadow Grove.
Castle Creek Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A 345-acre grove of widely scattered sequoias.<ref name=NPSD1/>
Douglass Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	An exceptionally small grove west of Paradise Peak and north of Oriole Lake Grove.
Atwell Mill Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The grove reaches the highest elevation of any sequoia grove, Template:Convert, and contains four trees that are among the largest giant sequoias in the world: Diamond, AD, Dean and Arm.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
East Fork Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Oriole Lake Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located northeast of Oriole Lake.
New Oriole Lake Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located south of Oriole Lake. This grove was heavily impacted by the KNP Complex Fire in 2021.<ref name=":0" />
Eden Creek Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A 350 hectare (865 acre) grove with many large, widely scattered trees.<ref name=NPSD1/>
Lower Horse Creek Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A small grove located downstream of both Horse Creek and Cahoon Creek groves.
Horse Creek Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A (36.4 hectare (90 acre) grove containing approximately 70 trees more than Template:Convert in diameter.<ref name=NPSD1/>
Cahoon Creek Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Case Mountain Grove	Near Three Rivers, California	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located in a bowl-shaped valley southeast of Case Mountain. The land is administered by the Bureau of Land Management.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Coffeepot Canyon Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located west of Eden Creek Grove.
Surprise Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Homers Nose Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Board Camp Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located northeast of Cedar Flat Grove, southeast of Homers Nose Grove, and north of South Fork Grove. This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cedar Flat Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A small grove located at the northern end of Ladybug Trail.
South Fork Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Garfield Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A 549 hectare (1,356 acre) grove with many large specimens. The lowest elevation at which the giant sequoia is known to grow naturally, Template:Convert, is located beside the river below this grove. Home of the King Arthur Tree, formerly the 9th largest giant sequoia in the world. King Arthur died in the Castle Fire in 2020, although the grove itself was not heavily impacted.<ref name=":2" /> Now also includes the Dillonwood Grove.<ref name=NPSD1/>
Forgotten Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A "grove" consisting of only two sequoias, the medium-sized 'Upper' sequoia and the larger 'Lower' sequoia. Discovered in the 1990s, although the existence of a rough trail indicates that previous park officials knew of them. This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020, and the 'Upper' sequoia may be either dead or moribund.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Devil's Canyon Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located north of Dennison Grove and west of Dennison Mountain in the southwestern corner of Sequoia National Park.

Tule River, Kern River, and Deer Creek watershedsEdit

The 25 groves in the Tule River, Kern River, and Deer Creek watersheds are mostly in Giant Sequoia National Monument, with some areas in Sequoia National Park, Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest, and Tule River Reservation; all are in southern Tulare County (listed north to south):

Name	Location	Coordinates	Elevation		Comments
			(m)	(ft)
Dennison Grove	Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located on the southwestern slope of Dennison Mountain in southeastern Sequoia National Park.
Dillonwood Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest Sequoia National Park	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located at the southernmost point of Sequoia National Park. This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Upper Tule Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The highest average elevation of any giant sequoia grove, located immediately east of Moses Mountain. Included on Forest Service GSNM map.
Middle Tule Grove	Sequoia National Forest Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Maggie Mountain Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A small, inaccessible grove located in a ravine just west of Maggie Mountain.
Silver Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Mountain Home Grove	Balch County Park Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Home of the Genesis Tree, the 7th largest giant sequoia in the world. This grove also contains the smaller Middle Tule Grove in the Sequoia National Forest. This grove was heavily impacted by the Pier Fire in 2017 and the Castle Fire in 2020.<ref name="SFCRF"/><ref name=":1" />
Burro Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Wishon Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Located south of Silver Creek Grove. Included on Forest Service GSNM map.
Alder Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest Private land	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Also known as Hossack, Pixley, or Ross Creek Grove. Home of the Stagg Tree, the 5th largest giant sequoia in the world. Also home to the now-deceased Waterfall tree, which had the largest ground perimeter of any sequoia. This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020, leading to Waterfall's death.<ref name=":1" />
Freeman Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The easternmost giant sequoia grove. Home of 'Great Goshawk' and 'Bannister', the 29th and 48th largest giant sequoias, respectively. Part of the Kern River watershed. This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020.<ref name=":1" />
McIntyre Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Part of Belknap Complex. This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020.<ref name=":1" />
Carr Wilson Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Also known as Bear Creek Grove. Part of Belknap Complex.
Wheel Meadow Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Part of Belknap Complex. This grove was heavily impacted by the Castle Fire in 2020.<ref name=":1" />
Black Mountain Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest Tule River Reservation Private land	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Heavily logged in 1984, though no mature sequoias were cut. This grove was heavily impacted by the Pier Fire in 2017.<ref name="SFCRF"/>
Red Hill Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest Private land	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	This grove was heavily impacted by the Windy Fire in 2021.<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Peyrone Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest Tule River Reservation	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> This grove was significantly impacted by the Windy Fire in 2021.<ref name=":3" />
South Peyrone Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	New discovery by Willard in 1992. Located west of Onion Meadow Peak. This grove was significantly impacted by the Windy Fire in 2021.<ref name=":3" />
Parker Peak Grove	Tule River Reservation	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Medium-sized grove containing more than 100 scattered specimens.<ref name=NPSD1/>
Long Meadow Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Site of the "Trail of 100 Giants", a popular loop trail that winds through the heart of the grove. Home of 'Red Chief', the 40th largest giant sequoia in the world. Part of the Kern River watershed. This grove was heavily impacted by the Windy Fire in 2021.<ref name=":3" />
Cunningham Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	Part of the Kern River watershed.
Starvation Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A small, inaccessible giant sequoia grove. Part of the Starvation Creek Complex and the Deer Creek watershed.<ref name=NPSD1/> This grove was heavily impacted by the Windy Fire in 2021, and only four out of an estimated 122 trees survived.<ref name=":3" />
Powderhorn Grove	Sequoia National Forest Giant Sequoia National Monument	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A small giant sequoia grove. Part of the Starvation Creek Complex and the Kern River watershed.<ref name=NPSD1/> This grove was heavily impacted by the Windy Fire in 2021.<ref name=":3" />
Packsaddle Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	A grove of about 300 large but scattered trees, including the now-deceased 'Packsaddle Giant', formerly the 33rd largest giant sequoia measuring over Template:Convert in diameter and Template:Convert tall. Part of the Kern River watershed.<ref name=NPSD1/> This grove was heavily impacted by the Windy Fire in 2021.<ref name=":3" />
Deer Creek Grove	Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest	Template:Coord	Template:Convert	The grove is southernmost giant sequoia grove and is home to a small collection of 31 widely dispersed giant sequoias. Part of the Deer Creek watershed.<ref name=NPSD1/> This grove was heavily impacted by the Windy Fire in 2021.<ref name=":3" />

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Giant Sequoia National Monument: Location map of Groves — with list of all named groves in national monument.