Grizzly Giant, Yosemite National Park

Name: Grizzly Giant
Address: Yosemite National Park, United States

#31 among attractions in Yosemite National Park

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The Grizzly Giant is a giant sequoia in Mariposa Grove, located in Yosemite National Park. The tree has been measured many times, most recently in 1990 by Wendell Flint. It has a volume of 34,005 cubic feet, which makes it the 26th largest giant sequoia living today and could be considered the 25th largest depending on how badly Ishi Giant atrophied during the Rough Fire in 2015. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 37°30'13"N, 119°36'4"W

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Grizzly Giant – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, Chilnualna Falls, Pioneer Yosemite History Center.

0.7 miN
Park with giant sequoias and a museum
Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park
19 min walk • Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, United States, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. It is the largest grove of giant sequoias in the park, with several hundred mature examples of the tree. Two of its trees are among the 30 largest giant sequoias in the world.
4.2 miSW
Museum
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, Fish Camp
107 min walk • The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad is a historic 3 ft narrow gauge railroad with two operating steam train locomotives located near Fish Camp, California, in the Sierra National Forest near the southern entrance to Yosemite National Park.
4.2 miN
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Chilnualna Falls, Yosemite National Park
108 min walk • Chilnualna Falls is a series of waterfalls totaling 690 feet, located on Chilnualna Creek in the southern section of Yosemite National Park. The falls are a popular horseback riding destination. Chilnualna Falls consists of five tiers ranging from 30 to 300 feet in height. The first tier is 90–120 feet high.
3.9 miNW
Museum, Historical place, Nature and wildlife
Pioneer Yosemite History Center, Yosemite National Park
99 min walk • The Pioneer Yosemite History Center is an assembled collection of historic buildings from Yosemite National Park that is located in Wawona, California. Visitors can walk around the buildings year round, and the interiors are open in the summer on a limited basis. There are also special programs and carriage rides in the summer.
4.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fresno Dome, Sierra National Forest
125 min walk • Fresno Dome is a dominant granite dome rising in isolation above the forest of Soquel Meadow in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California. The dome as known to the Mono Indians as "the greeting place".
3.8 miNW
Bridge
Wawona Covered Bridge, Yosemite National Park
98 min walk • The Wawona Covered Bridge is a covered bridge spanning the South Fork of the Merced River near Wawona, California in Yosemite National Park.
3.8 miNW
Museum
Acting Superintendent's Headquarters, Yosemite National Park
98 min walk • The Acting Superintendent's Headquarters in Yosemite National Park was built by the U.S. Army at Camp A.E. Wood in the Wawona district of the park in 1904 to house the commander of the military administration that operated the park in the years prior to the establishment of the National Park Service.
5 miS
Park
Nelder Grove, Sierra National Forest
127 min walk • Nelder Grove, formerly known as Fresno Grove when it was within a much larger 19th-century Fresno County, is a Giant sequoia grove located in the western Sierra Nevada within the Sierra National Forest, in Madera County, California.