Williamsburg

Photos taken in the town of Williamsburg, Virginia. Once the colonial captiol of Virginia and the Virginia Colony. It is home of Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum and restored town.

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Compton Oak @ Colonial Williamsburg - Williamsburg, VA, USA

This tree is the largest Compton oak known to exist in the United States. Featured in the Virginia Big Tree Project database, which catalogs the state’s largest species of trees, the Historic Area’s Compton oak stands some 70 feet tall and 97 feet wide, with a trunk measuring 14 feet in circumference.

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