Editing General Grant Tree (section)

{{short description|Giant sequoia in Kings Canyon National Park, California}}
[[File:General Grant Tree in Kings Canyon National Park.jpg|thumb|upright|The General Grant Tree is located in [[General Grant Grove]], [[Kings Canyon National Park]]]]

The '''General Grant Tree''' is the largest [[Sequoiadendron giganteum|giant sequoia]] (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'') in the [[General Grant Grove]] section of [[Kings Canyon National Park]] in [[California]], and the [[List of largest giant sequoias|second largest giant sequoia tree]] in the world after the [[General Sherman Tree]]. Once thought to be well over 2,000 years old, recent estimates suggest the General Grant Tree is closer to 1,650 years old.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nation's Christmas tree aged 1,650 General Grant in Kings Canyon National Park no young whippersnapper|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|date=8 December 2003|first=Douglas|last=Fischer|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6974521.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105181149/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6974521.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> The tree also features the third largest footprint of any living giant sequoia, measuring {{convert|107.6|ft|m|abbr=on}} in circumference at ground level.<ref name="Flint"/>