The Cathedral Pines of Cornwall, CT - 2020

I've been listening to and watching this gentleman for a while now, great commentary, I'm old now and for some reason I look at trees more, just the thought of some very old trees, their jagged bark and how they've stood for 100's of years as quiet witnesses to our growth and civilization. Thank you

Having moved to Connecticut in 2015, I learned about the damage done to the Cathedral Pines. Thinking little was left, I have not yet made my way to the preserve. This video has changed my mind! I will make the pilgrimage soon!

My dad and my brother and I went to go see the Cathedral Pines just after the tornado took most of them down. It was quite a shock considering we had no idea that this had happened. I do recall that even the trees left standing were some of the biggest pines and hemlocks I had ever seen. It was nice to see that some of them still remained, and now in this video that the survivors are still alive and growing. And that as expected the forest is recovering.

Great video! I can only imagine the majesty of New England's pre-colonial forests.

Thank you! The added bonus is the wonderful wood thrush singing in the background!

I remember hiking to Cathedral Pines in the early 1980s.I returned in 2016 and was happy to see some some of the impressively massive survivors.There is another area with really large White pines not too far away called Golds Pines.They aren’t as big as the old Cathedral pine grove but they are catching up.Ive also seen very impressive scattered specimens almost at Cathedral Pines level scattered in the forests of Northwest Connecticut.

You have done such a beautiful job of describing and explaining this forest! Thank you.

A good thing to see a new upload on this channel! Great informative video as always🌲🌳👊

I was married in 1986 in the Cathedral of Pines right on the AT. There were also abundant giant hemlock trees in the stand, equally as magnificent . I hiked this area constantly in the 1980s, it was my favorite place. I was devastated when the tornado came through. My own town was heavily damaged by the storm, the greenhouse I was working in had the top taken off, trees in town were all twisted off . I remember the giant pile of logged salvaged trees in the field across the way when they were cleaning up the damage.

I've been to almost every state park and hiked and never been here, it has been put on the top of my list for next Sundays hiking trip, thank you. And good video.

There are some large pines in the Yale Forest in Eastford, CT. Not as large as The Cathedral Pines, but not too far behind. And growing. They grow downslope close to Bigelow Brook and beneath the hilltop above them, giving them protection from the Storm Winds that have devastated other stands in the Yale Forest and elsewhere.

I’d visit this spot just to see a second growth forest growing in a natural setting! Looks beautiful! Also, about the best trees being near the road I can believe it! When I was in Mohawk Trail State Forest you had to look up to truly appreciate the height of those pines!

They were not a virgin forest but a stand of pine uniquely sheltered on the northwest side of a hill until the storm came in a direction not seen in hundreds of years. I remember the canopy the most with the light being what you see in the giant redwood forests out west . It was magical.

Nice, I have stood next to some mighty fine pine here in my home state of Maine. Yes, the Pine tree state... My ancestors were making tar in Conn. back in 1630s oh the trees that must have been....

I need to go hike here and experience this beauty.

Never ceases to amaze me just how tiny these giant trees look (in circumference/cir) w/o some1/thing next to it for scale! Throws my brain for a loop every time I see a tree that looks to be 1-2' cir & then narrator says it's 10-12'!!

I randomly found your channel and am starting my 3rd documentary. I find them to be very potent.

Being that I live 40 minutes away, I really need to see this place for myself

Thank you .

Nice video. Unfortunately, any stand of timber that has that cathedral-like structure to it is in a precarious situation, on a human time scale. With nowhere left to grow but straight up, they get taller and taller, giving the wind that much more of a lever against the ground. They do bolster each other, but once that first tree falls, you get a domino effect.