34 min
Overview
For a couple of decades, the Doerner Fir , currently measured at 327 feet and nestled in a pocket of massive old growth trees above the East Fork Brummit Creek in eastern Coos County, held the distinction of being the world’s tallest known tree that wasn’t a coast redwood. That distinction ended when, in 2008, a mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) in the Arve Valley in Tasmania was measured at 329.7 feet. And in 2019, a yellow meranti (Shorea faguetiana) , a tropical hardwood measuring 331 feet in height, was discovered in the Danum Valley in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo. Until 2025, the Doerner Fir was still the world’s tallest measured Douglas-fir and the tallest non-redwood in the Americas. In August 2025, the tree caught fire, possibly from a lightning strike, and was severely damaged. Arborists managed to climb the tree and put out the fire, but some of the crown was lost, and so the search for the world's tallest Douglas-fir moves on.
Trail Stats
1.8 km
47 m
494 m
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