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Jan 10, An iconic living tree with a tunnel so big that visitors could once drive through it toppled on Sunday during a winter storm. The sequoia, nicknamed the. Feb 16, Where is the tree you can drive through? This question is asked thousands of times each year by visitors to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

They are surprised to hear that the famous tunneled sequoia tree they seek was never in these parks, but rather air-miles north in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. And to complicate matters further, this famous sequoia, the Wawona Tree, fell over.

Jan 10, And The Los Angeles Times reports: “The tree, named for the tunnel that had been carved into its broad base years ago, was located in the Calaveras Big Trees State Park and toppled Sunday. “We lost an old friend today” wrote county resident Jim Allday, who posted a picture of the fallen titan on his Facebook shrubcleanup.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.

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Jan 09, The Pioneer Cabin, a famous giant sequoia tree that visitors could once drive through, toppled on Sunday after succumbing to the winter storms that hit Northern California this past weekend. The tree, located in the Calaveras Big Trees State Park, was once celebrated by “Weird Al” Yankovic in his song, “The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota.”Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Drive-Through Trees One of the most iconic and enduring trademarks of American roadside kitsch is the drive-through tree- only possible with the massive girth of California Redwoods.

Of two well-known tree tunnels in Central California, the one in Tuolumne Grove is through a dead tree, and the Wawona Tree in Yosemite fell over in Jan 09, The"pioneer cabin tree," a Giant Sequoia with a tunnel visitors could once drive through, fell down over the weekend after a massive storm rocked the area, ABC News reports. The foot tree, which was at Calaveras Big Trees State Park, was given its drive thru tree falls over tunnel in the s to compete with a similar tree at Yosemite, and has become a hit with tourists ever shrubcleanup.barted Reading Time: 2 mins.

Jan 10, A television news crew views the fallen Pioneer Cabin Tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park Monday, Jan.

9,in Arnold, Calif. Famous for a"drive-thru". Jan 09, Though the park eventually closed off the tree to cars, instead creating a mile loop trail allowing hikers to walk through it, it remained one of the park’s most popular features, according.

Shrine Drive-Thru Tree. The giant redwoods of Northern California are the biggest trees in the world. Unlike your own local oaks, these wizened sentinels may have been alive 4, years ago.

And some are big enough to drive through (courtesy of car-sized bore holes). There's no better metaphor for the conflict between Progress and Nature than. The Chandelier Tree is one of Northern California’s three remaining drive-through redwoods, joined by the Shrine Drive-Thru Tree, 45 miles north of Leggett in Myers Flat, and the Klamath Tour-Thru Tree, miles north in Klamath. You’ll pay about five bucks to drive through each tree.