Calaveras Big Trees State Park
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"Big Trees, California" redirects here. For other Californian topics, see Big Tree (disambiguation).
Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Arnold, California in the middle elevations of the Sierra Nevada. It has been a major tourist attraction since 1852, when the existence of the trees was first widely reported, and is considered the longest continuously operated tourist facility in California.
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Location | Calaveras and Tuolumne counties, California, United States |
Nearest city | Arnold, California |
Coordinates | 38°16′22″N 120°17′26″W |
Area | 6,498 acres (26.30 km2) |
Elevation | 4,560–4,920 ft (1,390–1,500 m) |
Established | 1931 |
Visitors | more than 250,000[1] (in 2022) |
Governing body | California Department of Parks and Recreation |
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