The Second-Ranked Honey Locust of Whistler Woods

Of all the honey locusts on our map in North America, this is the thickest, and Cook County ranks it only second on its own preserve land. The Forest Preserves of Cook County measured it on 15 May 2024: a trunk 3.20 metres round, 126 inches, a height of 24.4 metres, 80 feet, and a crown about 23 metres one way and 17 the other. The honeylocust in Wilmington's Brandywine Park, its nearest rival in our American listings, is a little taller at 25 metres but nearly 90 centimetres thinner. Montreal's, at 2.04 metres round, is thinner still. The record for the species on our map is in Europe, at Salviatino in Florence, where a honey locust measures 5.25 metres round. Closer in size are the ones in Cagliari and Eindhoven, both within about 30 centimetres of this trunk. Whistler Woods lies on the far south side, about ten kilometres from the nearest other tree on this page, the champion sassafras at Thorn Creek Division. It is a trip of its own, or the first half of a day that ends at the sassafras. The pin is the register's GPS fix at the tree. We have not found a trail description that leads to it. The register is the only source, and it gives no age. Nobody has dated this honey locust. If you know how old it is, tell us.