Redwood trees growing along the northern coast of California are the oldest and largest living things on earth. Some are over 2000 years old and many are older the US government.
This report maps the 10 tallest California redwoods. Several grow alongside easy hiking trails. It’s always a good time to visit the redwoods. Even on rainy days you’ll stay dry because the high canopy redirects the raindrops to nourish the trunks. Click here to learn more about the ecosytem of the redwood rainforests : https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/nature/about-the-trees.htm.
This data comes from www.famousredwoods.com. Helios, the worlds tallest tree, does not appear on this map because its location remains undisclosed and confidential.
The map was built with R 3.3.2 on December 15 2016 using leaflet.