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The Chimney Tree, Nelder Grove

The Chimney Tree

The Chimney Tree, looking vaguely elephantine or mammothlike from this angle, is the main attraction of the aptly named Chimney Tree Trail. You can walk through it, just like the tunnel trees in the Mariposa and Tuolumne Groves, and the opening is so large that a pair of mature pines are growing out of it (the second one is on the other side of the tree).