Wye Oak

The Wye Oak State Park is located on State Route 662 in Wye Mills in Talbot County of the U.S. state of Maryland. In the 11.7 -acre State Park was the eponymous Wye Oak, which was destroyed on 6 June 2002 by a thunderstorm.

The Wye Oak was the largest specimen of an American White Oak in the United States. The 460 years old tree had a circumference of 9.65 m, a height of 29.26 m and a crown diameter of 36 m. More than 90 m steel cables were used to stabilize since the 1940s. 1941, the tree to the State Tree of Maryland was appointed and was the first single tree, which a State had purchased for protection of individuals.

The state park was established in 1939 and still contains a historic brick building. In it, a school was housed with only one classroom. This second oldest school building of Talbot County was restored by the Queen Anne Garden Club. At the site of the former tree, a new seedling of American white oak was planted.

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