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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Redwood National and State Parks, California, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
The 14,000-acre (57 km 2) park is a coastal sanctuary for old-growth Coast Redwood trees. The park is jointly managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service as a part of the Redwood National and State Parks.
Discovered in Redwood National Park in 2006 in an unpublished location, [d] the tallest living tree is the coast redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) named Hyperion, [85] at 380 feet (120 m). It is followed by Helios at 377 feet (115 m), and Icarus at 371 feet (113 m), both also in Redwood National Park. [86]
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According to the National Park Service, "In 1929, Clara W. Stout, widow of lumberman Frank D. Stout, donated this tract of old-growth redwood forest to Save the Redwoods League."
It is home to the 4th-tallest measured living redwood, the Stratosphere Giant, which was measured at 112.94 metres (370.5 ft) in 2004. Stratosphere Giant was the tallest known living redwood until the discovery of three taller trees in Redwood National Park; the tallest, Hyperion, measuring 115.55 metres (379.1 ft) in September 2006. [8]
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