Chandelier Tree
The Chandelier Tree in Drive-Thru Tree Park 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 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. It is unknown if the tree was topped by Nature in between the measurements.
| Chandelier tree | |
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The Chandelier Tree in 2015 | |
| Species | Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) |
| Location | Leggett, California, US |
| Coordinates | 39°51′30″N 123°43′09″W |
| Website | http://www.drivethrutree.com/ |
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. It is 2,400 years old.
A vintage postcard of the Chandelier Tree was shown during the opening credits of National Lampoon's Vacation.