General Sherman (tree) General Sherman (tree) General Sherman is a giant sequoia ("Sequoiadendron giganteum") tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. While the General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest historically-recorded tree. The Crannell Creek Giant, a coast redwood ("Sequoia sempervirens") near Trinidad, California, is estimated to have been 15 to 25% larger than the General Sherman tree by volume. That tree was cut down in the mid-1940s. Another larger coast redwood, near
Chandelier Tree trees. Because of the damaging effects of carving through trees, the trend of creating tunnel trees has long passed. The two giant sequoia drive-through trees have both fallen: But two walk-through tunnel trees still stand: Two other drive-through coast redwood trees (taller and more slender than giant sequoias) still stand. These are also along US 101 in northern California, in Klamath and Myers Flat. Chandelier Tree The Chandelier Tree in Drive-Thru Tree Park is a tall coast redwood tree in Leggett, California with a wide by high hole cut through its base to allow a car to drive through. Its