Grandfather red oak alongside the house. Based on the circumference (diameter * pi), we estimate its age as 160 years, i.e. it sprouted back around the US Civil War.

It's visible as a gray smudge in a 1942 aerial photo of #CedarGapMtn. Along with the hillside paths that led to and from it. How many people do you think had a lunch under its then 80ish-year-old branches?

#MagnificentOaksMonday

Hey! It's #MagnificentOaksMonday! (Okay, I'm at least going to *try* and make it a thing. :-)

First up, this statuesque oak rising to the canopy from a small clearing down by our gully. #CedarGapMtn