[1] It is about 16 miles (26 km) west of Yosemite Village on Tioga Pass Road.

The grove contains many conifers, including a few Sequoiadendron giganteum as well as Abies concolor and Pinus lambertiana.

A small grove of about 25 large trees, covering around 20 acres, includes the Dead Giant, which measures 29 1/2 feet in diameter at its base.

In 1878, a tunnel was cut through the Dead Giant, allowing a road to pass through it.

They originally named the tree, now known as the Dead Giant, “King Solomon’s Temple.”[5]