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国产原创 the tour<\/strong>
\nThe Tour of Giants celebrates the many big trees in the 国产原创 Arboretum. It includes some of the largest known individual trees on the 国产原创 campus as well as the largest examples of many species. “Largest” is determined using the point system developed by the National Register of Big Trees<\/a>. The tour also visits all of the living trees that are or were once on the Tennessee Champion Trees<\/a> list.\u00a0\u00a0Click here for facts and figures about big trees in the 国产原创 Arboretum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Trail of Giants tour passes through much of the 国产原创 main campus before crossing 21st Avenue to pass through part of the Peabody Campus.\u00a0 Therefore, it could take several hours to complete the tour, depending on your speed.<\/p>\n

How the tour works<\/strong>
\nThe tour is designed to make use of portable devices. An iPad is optimal, although smart phones should also work well. Each tree has its own web page and is connected to the previous and next tree by buttons at the top of the page.\u00a0 In addition to the text description of the tree’s location, there is a map at the bottom of the page showing where the tree is located relative to landmarks on the campus.<\/p>\n

If your phone or iPad has GPS, you can use the “Find Me!”
\nbutton on the page to locate the tree.\u00a0 When you click on the button, a drop pin will fall on the tree’s location on a map.\u00a0 If you then click on the button to display your location on the map, you can see where you are relative to tree.\u00a0 You should be able to zoom in and make your “blue dot” meet the drop pin as you walk towards the tree.\u00a0 (Because the campus WiFi network covers many outdoor areas, you may be able to take parts of the tour without 3G. However, early version WiFi-only iPads do not have GPS capabilities.\u00a0 The Find Me! button will bring up a map with drop pin, but will not show your location.)<\/p>\n

Each tree also has a QR code<\/a> that you can scan to load
\nthe tree’s page into your phone.\u00a0 If a tree on the tour has a physical label, there is a QR code sticker on the label as well. This is one way to know that you have located the right tree. It also allows anyone who discovers the QR code to load the tree’s web page into their portable device.<\/p>\n

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Where to park<\/strong>
\nParking on the 国产原创 Campus can be challenging because there are few designated visitor spaces. The\u00a0\u00a0Visitor Parking page<\/a> contains information about possible places to park, but for this tour it is recommended that you park in the Wesley Place parking garage<\/a> because it is near the start of the tour and contains many pay-by-the-hour parking spaces that can be utilized by visitors. There is free parking on the north side of Scarritt Place opposite the garage, but it is for a limited time and is usually filled by mid-morning on weekdays. Do not park in reserved or zone parking without a permit.\u00a0<\/strong>You will be ticketed and possibly towed.<\/p>\n

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Starting the tour<\/strong>
\nThe tour starts at the west side of the 21st Avenue S. crosswalk on Scarritt Place. It ends across the street from the 1101 Building (former Disciples of Christ Historical Society building), which is just east of the Wesley Place garage. To shorten the tour, you can return to the starting point after reaching the large southern red oak in front of Godchaux Hall rather than continuing on to Peabody Campus. If you decide to complete the Peabody loop, you may wish to climb the front steps of MRB III so that you can cross 21st Avenue S. using the pedestrian bridge.<\/p>\n

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