1,500 Year-Old Angel Oak Tree

1,500 Year-Old Angel Oak Tree

This is a photo of the Angel Oak tree in South Carolina. According to the Angel Oak tree historical website:

Reportedly the oldest thing -- living or man-made -- east of the Rockies, Angel Oak is a live oak tree aged approximately 1,500 years. Some locals simply call it The Tree. It stands in a wooded area along Bohicket Road of John's Island outside Charleston, South Carolina.


Today the live oak has a diameter of spread reaching 160 feet, a circumference of nearly 25 feet, and casts 17,100 square feet of shade on the ground.

Its an amazing specimin, and you'll likely be happy to know there is no fee to see it in person and no tee-shirt shacks or other tourist venders around.

And on that note, here are some good tree care tips to help keep your own arboural friends healthy and long lived.