Marker Logo
THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
Three River in Tulare County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
 

Auto Log

 
 
Auto Log Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 3, 2017
1. Auto Log Marker
Inscription.
Auto Log
Base Diameter – 21 Feet
Fell in 1917. Since then many types of vehicles have been photographed on this unusual log driveway.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.
 
Location. 36° 33.263′ N, 118° 46.146′ W. Marker is in Three River, California, in Tulare County. It is on Crescent Meadow Road one mile south of Generals Hwy, on the left when traveling south. Located in Sequoia National Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Three Rivers CA 93271, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Joaquin Valley, specifically in the Central Valley, and in the Sierra Nevada. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Colonel Young: A Buffalo Soldier (within shouting distance of this marker); Buttress Tree (approx. 0.3 miles away); Call the Cavalry! (approx. 0.4 miles away); Stephen Tyng Mather (approx. 0.4 miles away); The CCC Boys (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Naturalists (approx. 0.6 miles away); For the Good of the Giants (approx. Ύ mile away); Middle Fork Canyon (approx. 1.1 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Sequoia National Park. (Submitted on May 9, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Paid Advertisement
Click or scan to see
this page online
Auto Log Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 3, 2017
2. Auto Log Marker
The carved-out and flattened area is the "driveway". The poles on the left prevent anyone attempting it now.
Bottom of the Auto Log image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 3, 2017
3. Bottom of the Auto Log
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2017. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 503 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 9, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
m=103308

CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisement
Jun. 20, 2026