SYCAMORE GIANT CHAMPION
N 36° 36.465 W 093° 42.701
15S E 436353 N 4051595
SYCAMORE GIANT CHAMPION,MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST
Waymark Code: WMYK2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2006
Views: 69
NOT AN EASY WAYMARK,BUT WELL WORTH THE HIKE!!
THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THE VIRGIN TREES LEFT IN THE OZARKS.
THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF 2 TREES AT THIS LOCATION IN THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST.
THIS ONE IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT HAS A HOLE THAT I CAN FIT EASILY INSIDE WITH PLENTY OF ROOM LEFT OVER.
WE WERE HIKING THE OTHER DAY AND RAN ACROSS THESE NEAR AN OLD SITE OF THE MISSISSIPPI MOUND CULTURE.
(added 1972 - Site - #72000704)
Also known as Missouri Archaeological Survey Number 23BY5
Address Restricted,Cassville
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation: Ozark-bluff dweller culture, Early Mississippian, Woodland
Period of Significance: 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner: Federal
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Village Site
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-function: Unoccupied Land
TO REACH:
TAKE HWY 86 NORTH FROM EAGLE ROCK OR SOUTH FROM CASSVILLE TO A JUNCTION FOREST ROAD(FR)
(36 35.909 93 45.881)GO EAST ON MAIN TRAVELED ROAD TO (36 36.188 93 44.453)
TAKE THE (FR) FOREST ROAD NORTH TO PARKING AREA LISTED.
IF YOU HAVE A 4X4 OR 4 WHEELER YOU CAN CONTINUE ON BUT NOT ADVISABLE WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE.
MAKE SURE YOUR 4 WHEELER HAS THE REQUIRED MARK TWAIN PERMIT.
Genus/Species: SYCAMORE (Platanus occidentalis)
Height: 100
Girth: 10
Method of obtaining height: Sighting along a 45 degree angle
Method of obtaining girth: Arm reaching
Location type: Other public property
Age: 160
Historical significance:
ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING VIRGIN TREES.
Website reference: [Web Link]
Parking coordinates: N 36° 36.229 W 093° 44.458
Walk time: 120
Planter: Not listed
Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
A closeup picture of your GPS receiver in your hand, with the tree in the background, is required. If the tree is on private property, this closeup photograph with the tree in the background may be taken from the nearest public vantage point without actually going to the tree.
The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.