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Discovered in Redwood National Park in 2006 in an unpublished location, [d] the tallest living tree is the coast redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) named Hyperion, [85] at 380 feet (120 m).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]
The other parks include the Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, and Redwood National Park. The 10,430-acre (4,220 ha) park was established in 1929 [ 2 ] and designated part of the California Coast Ranges International Biosphere Reserve in 1983.
[5] Many current national parks had been previously protected as national monuments by the president under the Antiquities Act or as other designations created by Congress before being redesignated by Congress; the newest national park is New River Gorge, previously a National River, and the most recent entirely new park is National Park of ...
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."
Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park (formerly known as Redwood Regional Park) [1] is a part of the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is located in the hills east of Oakland, California. The park contains the largest remaining natural stand of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) found