TripAdvisor Reviews - Big Stump Basin Feed

Impressive stumps...!

UncleCharlie, Minnesota — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:18:36 GMT

TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars

My wife had spotted a picture of a stump with a ladder and hoped to see it. It is actually the "Mark Twain Stump" and it is easily accessed from the pullout just past the entry station near Grant...

Big Stump Basin, Sequoia NP

Janet W, Ridgecrest, California — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:36:13 GMT

TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars

stumps of huge Sequoias cut 100 years ago; now part of Sequoia National Park - to stop the logging of the giants. The wood is not valuable like Redwood is - it shatters. Pretty place, young sequoias...

Leave the Parking Lot!

Vance_Neudorf, Calgary, Canada — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:30:57 GMT

TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars

Watching people pull up, get out of their cars, use the washroom and then take a photo of the smallish (they think its big) stump by the bathrooms almost makes you weep. If you have driven all that...

See why this park was created

GiftofVacation, Porter Ranch — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:24:45 GMT

TripAdvisor traveler rating: 4 of 5 stars

We hiked the Big Stump Trail near the Grant Grove entrance station to see the impact of deforestation at Sequoia. Our daughter was working on her Girl Scout Cadette Trees badge, which called for...

Preservation, not devastation.... a sad reminder

Globebugs, Australia — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:41:50 GMT

TripAdvisor traveler rating: 4 of 5 stars

Probably not the most popular of trails as was the case the morning we did this hike. Who wants to see a 'bunch of stumps' right? My good rating is not for the awe-inspiring width of these felled...

a sad reminder of what man can do

8kiddles, Orem, Utah — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:01:51 GMT

TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a beautiful area to drive to. The Hugh stumps that are left after the trees were logged look to be a memorial to there lives. It looks like gravestone in a beautiful meadow. I was hurt by...

Holy cow those are huge

Gary K, Lehigh Acres, Florida, United States — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:07:23 GMT

TripAdvisor traveler rating: 4 of 5 stars

these stumps are massive examples of mans poor judgement. the area is beautiful its just a shame they were cut down in the first place. its an easy hike through the area, the only things missing were...

Der Friedhof der Baumriesen

Ari1962, Leverkusen, Germany — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:13:40 GMT

TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wenn man sich auf diesen Ausflug einlässt erlebt man einen Tag voller Trauer und Melancholie. Sehr nachdenklich gingen wir durch die Stümpfe der abgeholzten Baumriesen und waren dann doch froh, dass...