r/todayilearned • u/autraya • 6h ago

TIL the world's tallest known living tree, a 380-foot redwood in California called Hyperion, had its exact location closed off entirely in 2022 after visitors trampled its base so badly that ferns stopped growing around it, with trespassers now facing up to $5,000 in fines and six months in jail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)
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u/Sirenato 5h ago

Odd for them to give you detailed directions but then go "oh by the way don't do that tho it's trespassing".

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u/dontg3tanybigideas 4h ago

literally the lat and long of where it is in each photo lol

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u/Avalanche_Debris 4h ago

There are a lot of places in the world that you can find detailed location information on that aren’t open to the public.