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{{Short description|Giant sequoia grove in Tulare County, California, United States}}
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'''Freeman Creek Grove''' is a [[Grove (nature)|grove]] of [[Sequoiadendron giganteum|giant sequoias]] located in [[Giant Sequoia National Monument]] in the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] in eastern [[California]]. The area is a botanical reserve under administration by the [[Sequoia National Forest]], except for one small [[inholding]]. The largest unlogged grove outside of a [[national park]], it covers about {{convert|1425|acre|km2}} in the Freeman Creek Watershed, mainly south of Freeman Creek. Freeman Creek itself is a tributary of the [[Kern River]].<ref name=USFS2010>{{cite web|author=United States Forest Service|title=Freeman Creek Grove|work=Giant Sequoia Groves|publisher=Giant Sequoia National Monument, Sequoia National Forest, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture|location=Porterville, California|year=2010|url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/sequoia/recreation|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref>

==Noteworthy trees==
There are several large sequoias in this grove, including:
* '''Great Goshawk Tree''': The largest tree in the grove at {{convert|32783|cuft|m3}}. Named by Bill Croft in 1988, this is the 29th or 28th [[List of largest giant sequoias|largest giant sequoia]] in the world. The exact location of the tree is not publicly known.
* '''President George H. W. Bush Tree''': This tree was named to commemorate the [[Presidential Proclamation]] delivered and signed by President [[George H. W. Bush]] to protect, preserve and restore all of the sequoia groves on [[United States National Forest|National Forest System]] lands throughout the Sierra Nevada. Bush delivered and signed the proclamation while standing beside the tree in 1992.<ref>[http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/publications/rog/freeman-creek.pdf Freeman Creek Grove–President George H.W. Bush Tree]</ref>
* '''Loren's Tree''': This is one of the largest trees in the grove, with a volume somewhere between 28,000 and {{convert|30000|cuft|m3}}.
* '''Bannister's Tree''': A remnant of a once larger tree, but still around {{convert|26000|cuft|m3}}.
* '''Castro Tree''': A telescope giant sequoia.

==See also==
*[[List of giant sequoia groves]]
*[[Evans Grove]]

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[[Category:Kern River]]
[[Category:Rivers of the Sierra Nevada (United States)]]
[[Category:Rivers of Tulare County, California]]
[[Category:Geography of the San Joaquin Valley]]
[[Category:Giant sequoia groves]]
[[Category:Giant Sequoia National Monument]]
[[Category:Rivers of Northern California]]
[[Category:Rivers of the Sierra Nevada in California]]


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