2 Tallest LIVE Christmas Trees

[mdvaden]

Earlier this week, I went down to see Ferndale, CA, and checked out their "LIVE" Christmas tree after someone sent an email about it.

It's the second tallest behind Idaho's 161 foot tree.

10 Tallest Christmas Trees

Not all in the article are live rooted in the ground. But the two tallest are living.

Ferndale's was supposed to be 150 feet. And the person who emailed me was curious if maybe it was really taller. I wanted to see Ferndale in daylight anyway, so this made for a fun morning.

The tree is perched up on a small hill. And at first glance it looked quite a bit shorter than it really is. Short story - it's 151.26 feet tall. Nice that the number in the article was not inflated.

 

[JJackson]

Seen number three in Anthem, it's tall, will go buy it tonight again.

 

[trevmcrev]

There is a tree i know of here in Australia that will top them all if they do it next. There was talk of doing this year but i dont think it happened...

 

[chewbacca]

I live in Coeur d'Alene Idaho where the #1 tree is. Word has it, we'll be hosting the PNW ISA conference in 2011. Everyone in this part of the world should come visit. It's beautiful here.

 

[mdvaden]

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I live in Coeur d'Alene Idaho where the #1 tree is. Word has it, we'll be hosting the PNW ISA conference in 2011. Everyone in this part of the world should come visit. It's beautiful here.

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Ready for this ....

I get an email yesterday, that firemen who removed lights from the ferndale tree, apparently measured it, and got 10 more feet than I did.

Supposedly 162 feet and 5 inches.

Making Coeur d'Alene's Christmas tree #2. Hear that? #2

You may want to read the details I updated on my Ferndale page.

LINK > Ferndale, plus the Tallest Christmas Trees - Ferndale vs. Coeur d'Alene

This would be an amusing thing to see the 2 town's local papers cover.

Update:Apparently, a Coeur d'Alene newspaper reporter is working on this story now. Said that it's sort of "exploding". It sounds like this led to someone at that end getting a surveyor out there to measure the Idaho Christmas tree.