Tuolumne Grove is a giant sequoia grove located near Crane Flat in Yosemite National Park, at the southeastern edge of the Tuolumne River watershed. It is about 16 mi west of Yosemite Village on Tioga Pass Road. The grove contains many conifers, including a few Sequoiadendron giganteum as well as Abies concolor and Pinus lambertiana. A small grove of about 25 large trees, covering around 20 acres, includes the Dead Giant, which measures 29 1/2 feet in diameter at its base. In 1878, a tunnel was cut through the Dead Giant, allowing a road to pass through it. The Dead Giant was the first tunnel tree. Although trees in the Tuolumne Grove were likely first seen by members of the Joseph Walker Expedition in 1833, the grove was officially discovered on May 10, 1858, by a group from Garrote, California, led by Dr. J. L. Cogswell and eight companions. They originally named the tree, now known as the Dead Giant, “King Solomon’s Temple.”

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