Maple Height Record "Humboldt Honey" 157.80 ft. / 48.09 m

[mdvaden]

So ... had a chance to get back to Avenue of the Giants in northern California, and measure the tall maple I found in July. Just this past weekend, and the autumn weather was awesome.

 

The tall maple is confirmed as the tallest in the USA. And it seems it may well end up being the world's tallest known Acer. I suspect there's even taller yet ... maybe even next year.

 

157.80 feet or 48.09 meters tall.

 

Circumference of 9.5 feet.

 

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[mdvaden]

Here's from Monday morning too, entering Jedediah Smith redwoods to the north. The weather was lovely.

 

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[silky fox]

Beautifu,Wonderful inspiring pictures Mr Vaden!...a great accompanyment to my morning Coffee before i head off to work...Thanks so much for that....just what i needed...what a fantastic job you have...or is it a hobby?....Massive tree in a stunning location!

[Tom Richards]

congratulations great find

[mdvaden]

Beautifu,Wonderful inspiring pictures Mr Vaden!...a great accompanyment to my morning Coffee before i head off to work...Thanks so much for that....just what i needed...what a fantastic job you have...or is it a hobby?....Massive tree in a stunning location!

 

It could lean slightly in the work category, although it is recreational.

 

I started to sell a few prints. And my redwood web pages provide just enough income from Google, to cover my fuel and 2 night's lodging about every 7 weeks. Then I take some of the photos and more that I learn about the redwoods, and build that further into the web pages.

 

In 2010 and 2011, I got a little part time work helping to find and measure certain tall redwoods. That is wrapped-up now, but what I learned carried over into exploring and measuring during my own hikes and adventures.

 

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[silky fox]

What a nice life:001_smile:

[mdvaden]

This is not the same tallest maple, but this is an image of the same species, macrophyllum, up the highway and in Jedediah Smith redwoods.

 

[silky fox]

Lovely colour...stands out ammongst it,s towering neighbours...

[slack ma girdle]

The one yellow leaf surrounded by a sea of green..........FANTANSTIC

 

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[DrewB]

Inspiritaional stuff buddy. Love it.