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Deer Creek Grove

The Southernmost Giant Sequoia Grove

Sequoia Grove in Sequoia NF, Giant Sequoia NM, Sierra Nevada near Sugarloaf Mountain Park, CA

Deer Creek Grove is the southernmost grove of giant sequoias. Reachable by a short but steep trail, the grove consists of a smattering of old-growth sequoias on a sheltered east-facing slope. Although some of the trees are pretty good-sized, as a whole the grove isn’t anything special; it’s only about 200 yards long and only about a dozen big trees are visible, most of which are obscured by foliage. The hike is worthwhile if you’re interested in seeing the southernmost sequoias, but if you’re just interested in seeing some big trees there are more spectacular groves, such as the Trail of 100 Giants, nearby.

The road to the grove is closed in the winter and spring, until as late as June 15th. During this time the grove can still be accessed by hiking an enjoyable if somewhat mundane 5-mile loop, starting with a climb up the Deer Creek Trail, a well-maintained singletrack route that mostly seems to be used by local equestrians.

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Deer Creek Grove is a small giant sequoia grove located in the Deer Creek watershed of the Giant Sequoia National Monument in the western Sierra Nevada of California. The grove is located at near the end of a steep 0.8 mi (1.3 km) trail south from the end of Deer Creek Mill Road. It is the southernmost giant sequoia grove. The grove is attractively situated about halfway up a pine-covered mountain that rises above a valley of grassy foothills. The grove consists of a scattered collection of old-growth giant sequoias on a sheltered east-facing slope.While the present day distribution of this species is limited to a small area of California, it was once much more widely distributed in prehistoric times, and was a reasonably common species in North American and Eurasian coniferous forests…

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