Today, Ranger Jeff Bolden and I visited our Giant Sycamore on the North Tract. Although, the tree is not a state champion, it is still a large tree. According to someone who recently measured it, the diameter at 4.5 feet off the ground is 73 inches, and it is 119 feet tall. In comparison, this tree is almost as tall as the Maryland state champion, which is 121 feet tall. However, the state champion is 103 inches in diameter. The current species champion is over 130 inches in diameter. Even so, our tree is still a giant.
Our big tree is located about 500 feet east of the Old Forge Bridge in the bottomland woods on the north shore of the Little Patuxent River. This area is subject to periodic flooding.
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On 23 October 2014, John Bennett and Dori Murphy of the Maryland Big Tree Program visited our giant sycamore and officially measured it. The measurements are 249 inches circumference at 4.5 feet off of the ground, 112 feet high, and 117 feet spread. This gives the tree 390 points which makes it the Anne Arundel County sycamore champion, the 10th largest sycamore in Maryland, the 7th largest tree overall in Anne Arundel County, and the 36th largest tree overall in Maryland. John commented that it was a perfect specimen with a single trunk and no sign of rot.