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How tall is the General Sherman Tree?

The General Sherman Tree is about 84.8 m (278 ft) tall.

What is measured: height from ground to crown

General Sherman Tree (84.8 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), General Sherman Tree (84.8 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 26% of the height of the Eiffel Tower
  • About 81% of the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 1.7× the length of an Olympic swimming pool
  • About 10% of the height of the Burj Khalifa

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Facts about General Sherman Tree

General Sherman is the world's largest known single-stem tree by volume, despite not being the tallest or widest tree.

Source: National Park Service, General Sherman Tree; National Geographic, General Sherman Tree

Nature

NameSizeCompared with General Sherman Tree
Coast redwood tree70 m (230 ft)0.83×
Huangguoshu Waterfall77.8 m (255 ft)0.92×
Great Waterfall of Plitvice78 m (256 ft)0.92×
General Sherman Tree84.8 m (278 ft)this page
Rainbow Bridge88 m (289 ft)1×
Giant sequoia tree95 m (312 ft)1.1×
Dettifoss100 m (328 ft)1.2×
Kalandula Falls105 m (344 ft)1.2×
Grand Prismatic Spring110 m (361 ft)1.3×
Dune du Pilat110 m (361 ft)1.3×

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Which is bigger: General Sherman Tree or Coast redwood tree?

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