Redwood Mountain Grove Redwood Mountain Grove Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia ("Sequoiadendron giganteum") trees on earth. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument on the western slope of California's Sierra Nevada. The grove contains the world's tallest giant sequoia (). The Hart Tree and Roosevelt Tree grow in the grove and are two of the 25 largest trees by volume in the world. The largest tree is the General Sherman Tree in the Giant Forest grove to the southeast. The Redwood Mountain Grove contains the most giant sequoia trees within its area.
Hyperion (tree) report it to be roughly 700–800 years old. The exact location of Hyperion is kept in secret to prevent visitors and protect the tree from damage. Researchers stated that woodpecker damage at the top may have prevented the tree from growing taller. In February 2012, Hyperion was featured in the BBC Radio 4 documentary "James and the Giant Redwoods" by James Aldred. Hyperion (tree) Hyperion is the name of a coast redwood ("Sequoia sempervirens") in California that was measured at , which ranks it as the world's tallest known living tree. Hyperion was discovered August 25, 2006, by naturalists Chris