The Valley of the Giants is a 51 acres (20.6 ha) forest preserve owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...

 and is located in a remote portion of the Oregon Coast Range

Oregon Coast Range

The Oregon Coast Range, often called simply the Coast Range and sometimes the Pacific Coast Range, is a mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region, in the U.S. state of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean...

 of Northwest Oregon

Oregon

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 in the United States

United States

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, near the former company town

Company town

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 of Valsetz

Valsetz, Oregon

Valsetz was an unincorporated community and timber company town in Polk County, Oregon, United States, west of Falls City in the Central Oregon Coast Range. It no longer exists.-History:...

. Receiving greater than 180 inches (4,572 mm) of rain annually, the preserve is home to many large specimens of Douglas-fir

Douglas-fir

Douglas-fir is one of the English common names for evergreen coniferous trees of the genus Pseudotsuga in the family Pinaceae. Other common names include Douglas tree, and Oregon pine. There are five species, two in western North America, one in Mexico, and two in eastern Asia...

 and Western Hemlock

Western Hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla. the Western Hemlock, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Sonoma County, California.-Habitat:...

. A famous specimen is "Big Guy" which at one time was the second largest Douglas-fir known standing in Oregon. Before "Big Guy" was blown down by a wind storm in 1981, it was estimated to be over 600 years old, stood approximately 230 feet (70.1 m) above the forest floor, and had an estimated 36.5 feet (11.1 m) girthhttp://books.google.com/books?id=rEcQAG9YgqYC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=bureau+of+land+management+valley+of+the+giants&source=web&ots=6U7A68jp81&sig=mtCMWjdQPlq2DMJhslyMFRfOtIE#PPA60,M1.

Valley of the Giants is located at 44°56′10.92"N 123°42′55.68"W

Valley of the Giants Trailhead 44°56′N 123°42′W N44 56.185 W123 42.937

In 1976, the Bureau of Land Management designated the site as an Outstanding Natural Area

Outstanding Natural Area

Outstanding Natural Area is a protected area designation in the United States. The designations are managed by the Bureau of Land Management within the National Landscape Conservation System. There are a number of outstanding natural areas and open space reserves in the country, three of which have...

. The Valley of the Giants is located 30 miles (48.3 km) west of Falls City via logging roads generally suitable for passenger cars, if driven slowly. Visitors are encouraged to call BLM’s Salem District Office at 503-375-5646 for directions and road information.

As of June 6, 2008, the Oregon Heritage Tree Program dedicated the Valley of the Giants Outstanding Natural Area as a Heritage Tree Grove.