Sequoias Versus Redwoods: What's the Difference and How to Compare the National Parks in California
Should you visit the tallest or the biggest trees in the world? Do you know the difference between redwoods and sequoias? The author's first encounter with one of the largest trees on Earth was by accident in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove, where they stumbled upon the now-fallen Wawona Tree, a giant sequoia with a wagon tunnel carved through it in 1881.
Since then, the author has learned more about California’s natural giants—the massive giant sequoia and the towering coast redwood—and where to find the most extraordinary ones, such as the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park, with a trunk roughly three times the volume of a blue whale.
Author's summary: Exploring California's giant sequoias and coast redwoods.