| Chandelier tree | |
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 The Chandelier Tree in 2015 | |
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| Species | Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) |
| Location | Leggett, California, US |
| Coordinates | 39°51′30″N 123°43′09″W / 39.8583984°N 123.7192347°W |
| Website | http://www.drivethrutree.com/ |
The Chandelier Tree in Drive-Thru Tree Park[1] is a 276-foot (84 m) tall coast redwood tree in Leggett, California with a 6-foot-wide (1.8 m) by 6-foot-9-inch-high (2.06 m) hole[2] cut through its base to allow a car to drive through. Its base measures 16 ft (4.9 m) diameter at breast height (chest-high). A historic sign put up in or before the 1930s claims a height of 315 feet high and 21 feet wide (which may have been true for both at the time it was hung), but a contemporary measurement by a Certified Arborist experienced with tall redwoods and using a laser rangefinder found the tree to be 276 feet high and 16 feet in diameter.[when?][3] It is unknown if the tree was topped by Nature in between the measurements.
The name "Chandelier Tree" comes from its unusual limbs that resemble a chandelier. The limbs, which measure from 4 to 7 ft (1.2 to 2.1 m) in diameter, begin 100 ft (30 m) above the ground.[4] It is 2,400 years old.[5]
A vintage postcard of the Chandelier Tree was shown during the opening credits of National Lampoon's Vacation.[6]
- ^ "Drive-Thru Tree Park". Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Just a few highlights of Drive-Thru Tree Park". Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ "Drive Through Redwoods. Drive Thru Redwood. Avenue of the Giants and Klamath. Leggett".
- ^ "Chandelier Tree". Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Chandelier Tree - Famous Redwoods". famousredwoods.com. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ 0x6966 (12 July 2009). "National Lampoon's Vacation (title sequence)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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