The Queets Fir is a superlative

Douglas fir The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Oregon pine, and Columbian pine. There are three va ...

about 2.5 miles from the Queets River Trail trailhead, on Coal Creek, a tributary of

Queets River Queets is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor and Jefferson counties, Washington, United States. The population was 174 at the 2010 census. The primary residents of the community are Native Americans of ...

in the

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State. It was known for fifty years, beginning in 1945, as the largest known fir by volume, and is still largest known in diameter.The Gymnosperm Database: Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii
last modified 2018-12-23; accessed 2019-01-05 It has a height of at least , circumference , and spread of . It was listed as national co-champion Douglas fir by ''

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'', and one of only a handful of "undisputed megatrees" in North America with over 800 points.

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