Kaweah Beauty Tree, East Fork Grove

This tree is 19.1 feet in diameter level at the high side ground, 16.5 feet DBH, 69 ft in circumference, and 227 feet tall. While not home to any record-breaking champion-sized trees, the East Fork section of Atwell Grove has a large percentage of just under 20-foot monarch trees in its environs. This tree is up on a rare flat spot above the east fork of the river well off trail, and it is presently the largest tree I have measurements for in the grove. It is a beautiful example of the species, with upward spiraling bark, only a small burn on the lower side of its base, and the typical soaring dead spire outreaching its topmost crown of foliage by a dozen feet.