Fessler Redwood .. #33 .. Simpson Reed trail

by Mario Vaden

 

The redwood below is the Fessler giant. When landmarktrees.net was still functional, Michael Taylor had the Fessler redwood listed (2014) as 33rd largest ... 215 feet tall, 19 feet diameter ... over 21,000 cu. ft.. I meant to ask, because this one seemed a bit shorter than 215 ft. But it may have broken-off a little height. In just the past 5 years, big chunks broke out of several huge Coast Redwoods, Godwood Creek Giant, Stout Redwood, El Viejo del Norte and the well-known Big redwood at Prairie Creek.

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This Coast Redwood is an easy one to spot if you are looking for a big redwood photo. Go into Jedeidah Smith Redwoods State Park, turn into Walker Rd., then take a short hike through the Simpson Reed Discover Trail. Start counter clockwise and look off to the left a minute or twoo after passing a huge fallen log. There's plenty of big wood in this grove.

The two subjects for scale are from Crescent City. The woman on the right is Stephanie, who worked at the Chart Room restaurant for 15 years or more.