Mountain Home Grove

The Great Bonsai Tree

Mountain Home Grove is a giant sequoia grove located in Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. It includes the Genesis tree, the seventh largest tree in the world and the famous "Adam" tree which also is in the top 20 giant sequoias. The Mountain Home grove is one of the best groves for seeing big giant sequoias.

Noteworthy trees

Methuselah Tree

Looking up the trunk of the Great Bonsai tree

Some of the trees found in the grove that are worthy of special note are:

• Genesis: This tree is the 8th largest tree in the world; the trail approaches the smallest side so one can't get a best view of it without bushwacking round the back where it is larger but still not a rival to the base of the Boole tree for example which is located in Converse Basin Grove.
• Summit Road: The 16th largest tree in the world.
• Euclid: The 17th largest tree in the world. Identified as being a large tree in 1989 by Wendell Flint, the author of the book To Find the Biggest Tree, this tree is pretty tall (273 feet) considering it is one of the biggest, which usually don't grow as tall.
• Adam: The 21st largest tree in the world. This is surely one of the most imposing trees in Mountain Home Grove; its base looks huge from the downhill side.
• Methuselah: The 28th largest tree in the world. Large sequoia with a broken top and large diameter at base.
• Hercules: Jesse Hoskings cut a 12 by 12 by 12 foot room out of this tree for shelter. The room is still open for people to walk in year round. The tree has been struck by lightning so it isn't very tall and its top half has a huge burn scar.
• Great Bonsai: "This is one of the greatest sequoia sights to be seen anywhere" (quote from Wendell's book). This short tree has many large limbs and is situated by a pile of boulders.

Coordinates: 36°14′24″N 118°40′18″W / 36.24°N 118.67167°W / 36.24; -118.67167