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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Largest Ponderosa Pine Tree In Oregon




This old giant is located near the Deschutes River in La Pine State Park. Sign at tree list height as 162 feet and diameter as 8.6 feet. Recent measurement is 178 feet, Age 500 yrs.




10 comments:

FO - 2 said...

A majestic tree! :)
Beautiful!
It must be great to walk around there.... :)

dot said...

Wow, it really looks old!

Shammickite said...

162 feet high! Wow that's the height of a 16 storey building, very impressive!

Kerri Farley said...

What a beautiful old tree! I would love to see it in person :)

Love your first shot of the water and the curve of the bank too!

imac said...

What a great tree that is, pity there wasnt a person standing next to it to show its size...


The story continues in my blog.

Andrea said...

Beautiful. I love shots of nature.

Jim Baker said...

ponderosa... wasn't that a name of a all you can eat steak buffet restaurant? haha sorry.

thats a pretty ginormous tree... i bet its crazy in person huh?

jim baker

Outhouse Capital of Canada said...

Hello, I hope your tree doesn't fall victim to the mountain pine beatle.
We have lots of pine trees here in British Columbia to the north of you, i wonder what our highest pine tree is.
We owned a motel/campground for 12 years and enjoyed doing that.

Outhouse Capital of Canada said...

Dis you know, Northern Oregon will witness a Total Eclipse of the Sun in 2017, you only have ten years to wait, that event will fill all the motel rooms around you at that time

SandyCarlson said...

How good it feels knowing this tree is looked afer so! Thanks.