Tree Information
Common Name: Norway maple
Scientific Name: Acer platanoides
Native/Naturalized: Naturalized
Database ID: 2901
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 182 in.
Height: 59 ft.
Crown: 98 ft.
Points: 266
Date Last Measured: 2021
Last Measured by: Brendan Fitzgerald & Cydney Chambers
Date First Measured: 2021
Comments: The tree appears very healthy and sound. The trunk circumference had to be measured lower than standard height of 4.5 feet to accommodate for branching beginning at roughly 4 feet. Trunk was measured at 3 feet above ground, which was the narrowest girth of the trunk between the roots and lower scaffold branches.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Craig
Land Owner: Tracy Frist and Bill Frist
GPS Coordinates: 37.426261, -80.252791
Owner Email: TFrist@wfrist.com
Directions: Located on the grounds of Bellevue, which was built in the 1830s and is one of Craig County’s historic homes. The house is a two-story brick historical home. Tree is close to Cumberland Gap Rd in the front yard of the historical brick home. Property is at the corner of routes 42 and 625. There is an historical marker in front of the house about Addison Caldwell. It is the location where the Virginia Tech Cadets begin their march every October back to campus to commemorate Addison's walk from his home in Craig County to Blacksburg in 1872 to become the university's first student.
Owner Address: 14505 Cumberland Gap Road
New Castle, VA 24127
Contact Information
Contact Name: Tracy Frist
Contact Email: TFrist@wfrist.com
Contact Address: 14505 Cumberland Gap Road
New Castle, VA 24127
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Tracy Frist
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