The world's most famous mammoth tree and also the world's largest tree bears the name General Sherman and stands in Sequoia National Park in California. The tree is measured to a height of 83.8 meters and has a trunk circumference at chest height of over 31.3 meters, and reportedly it should then contain 1,490 m3 of wood
| Height above base | 274.9 ft | 83.8 m |
| Circumference at ground | 102.6 ft | 31.3 m |
| Maximum diameter at base | 36.5 ft | 11.1 m |
| Diameter 4.50 ft (1.37 m)above height point on ground | 25.1 ft | 7.7 m |
| Girth Diameter 60 ft (18 m) above base | 17.5 ft | 5.3 m |
| Diameter 180 ft (55 m) above base | 14.0 ft | 4.3 m |
| Diameter of largest branch | 6.8 ft | 2.1 m |
| Height of first large branch above the base | 130.0 ft | 39.6 m |
| Average crown spread | 106.5 ft | 32.5 m |
| Estimated bole volume | 52,508 cu ft | 1,487 m3 |
| Estimated mass (wet) (1938) | 2,105 short tons | 1,910 t |
| Estimated bole mass (1938) | 2,472,000 lb | 1,121 t |
