John Hancock Oak
N 41° 04.329 W 085° 08.609
16T E 655969 N 4548426
A 200+ year old oak tree in Ft. Wayne Indiana just south of Parkview Field: Home of the MLB Single A Tin-Caps Baseball team.
Waymark Code: WMHT5G
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2013
Views: 5
The "John Hancock Oak" is a tree in a Baker Street parking lot that has been alive since 1787. A plaque at the tree base reads:
1787 1987
The National Arborists Association and The International Society of Arboriculture jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here at the time of the signing of our constitution
Presented by: Maxwell Tree Expert Company
Genus/Species: Oak
Height: 178
Girth: 15
Method of obtaining height: Sighting along a 45 degree angle
Method of obtaining girth: Tape
Location type: Other public property
Age: 226
Historical significance:
Tree that has outlasted multiple landscape changes around it yet has stood the test of time and now is protected.
Planter: Unknown
Website reference: [Web Link]
Parking coordinates: N 41° 04.330 W 085° 08.609
Walk time: 0
Photograpy coordinates: N 00° 04.335 W 000° 08.609
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Visit Instructions:
A closeup picture of your GPS receiver in your hand, with the tree in the background, is required. If the tree is on private property, this closeup photograph with the tree in the background may be taken from the nearest public vantage point without actually going to the tree.
The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.