Erie Cemetery tuliptree 14.3 cbh x 130.2 feet tall 

According to the cemetery's website:

http://www.eriecemeteryassoc.com/erie_cemetery.html

The Erie Cemetery was dedicated on May 20th, 1851. The first
Superintendent of the Erie Cemetery was Capt. Samuel Low, a civil
engineer, who also served as City Surveyor.

A number of colorful and historical people are buried here including
Gen. Strong Vincent who died of his wounds on Little Round Top during
the infamous battle of Gettysburg:

http://www.eriecemeteryassoc.com/famous%20residents.html#07_anc

Here is a link to some photos of the cemetery:

http://www.eriecemeteryassoc.com/photos_ec.html

This cemetery is a treasure trove of large old tuliptrees,

Erie Cemetary Tuliptrees

cucumbertrees, N. red oaks, and white oaks with a smattering of handsome
black walnuts. Of course, there are a number of nice exotics in here
too, but since my knowledge on exotics is limited, I just measured trees
that I could positively identify for now. This would be a great place
for an exotic tree species ID course.

Cucumbertree 13.3 x 72.4 HUGE burled buttress base, 23ft CBH at 1.5ft off the ground!

What really jumps out to me at this site were the massive tulips that
greet you upon entry through the gates. Girths were most impressive
here. For NW PA, the tuliptrees, oaks, and cukes here were impressive
ranging from 13-16ft CBH, ie: we had many more entries that made our
12x100 club. "Knarl" factor was quite impressive here. Ancient crown
architecture was prevalent throughout the site. Although the cemetery
is now 155 years old, I believe a number of these trees could have been
forest remnants that could easily reach the 200 year age class or
better.

Large Oak

This cemetery not only functions as a resting place for those who have
gone on before us, but also serves as a type of "city park" where many
go during their busy days to escape the hustle of daily life in the
city. The grounds are beautiful. Steve Lydic, grounds supervisor, does
a super job maintaining the site. I actually ran into him one day. a
couple of his crewman gave him a "heads-up" that some crazy guy was
running around talking to trees and trying to wake up the dead with some
form of periodic ape call. sorry, slight exaggeration there. We were
glad to get together though for a short time while I was there and talk
trees.

Large Oak

They have a nice plot diagram at the website below:

http://www.eriecemeteryassoc.com/erie_cemetery.html

Here's my "interpretation" of some of these plot sections that may help
to give you a picture of where some of these trees are located:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 25, S = eternal oaks
13, A, B, E, F, G, H, J, L, M = tulip ecstasy
19 = guardian angel oak
28 = cuke heaven

Here's a rundown of site stats:

Species            CBH     Height   Comments

Black walnut      10.7      81.2
Black walnut      9.8        104

Cucumbertree    13.3      72.4      HUGE burled buttress base, 23ft CBH
at 1.5ft off the ground!
Cucumbertree    12.6      82
Cucumbertree    9.3        83.2
Cucumbertree    14.7      85.2

E. white pine     7.7        83

N. red oak         15.8      71.2
N. red oak         14.2      81.5
N. red oak         13.7      84.8
N. red oak         13.9      85.2
N. red oak         13.8      87.1
N. red oak         15         92.9
N. red oak         15         96.4

Norway spruce   5.8        98.8

Scarlet oak        15.9      92.3      species?, guardian angel oak-plot
19 above          

Sugar maple      10         87.4
Sugar maple      9.1        91.2

Tulipitre             13.3      105.2
Tuliptree            13.7      105.3
Tuliptree            13.3      111.2
Tuliptree            14.2      120.4
Tuliptree            15         121.4
Tuliptree            13.8      122.67
Tuliptree            14.8      123.4
Tuliptree            14.3      130.2

White oak         13.7      75.6
White oak         14.4      81.6
White oak         13.2      81.8
White oak         15.6      82.6
White oak         13.1      90.3
White oak         13.2      91.2
White oak         13.2      93.9

The large "scarlet oak" above was listed in the 1993 PFA big tree pub as
the PA state champ, but darned if I can't find any scarlet oak
characters on it. I've got bark striping and leaf shape like N. red
oak, but a burled/buttressed base resembling scarlet oaks after a
chestnut blight infestation. All the buds are out of reach, and I
haven't been back yet to check acorns. Either way, it's still an
impressive tree at 15.9ft CBH x 84ft spread x 92.3ft high for 304.1 AF
points.

So, if anyone ever has to spend a night over in the Erie area, and
doesn't have much time to explore, you don't even have to leave your
vehicle to see this site. Being an Erie native myself, I'm very proud
that such a site exists right smack dab in the middle of the city. The
city of Erie is indebted to the long deceased Capt. Low. This man new
what he was doing.

Dale