When our son was around 10 months old, he visited his first National Monument - Muir Woods. My husband and I love visiting and exploring our country’s National Parks so this was a very special day for us! Ranger Boone was so kind and helped John David earn his first Junior Ranger badge. We know this will be the first of many and cannot wait to introduce John David’s little brother to our country’s National Parks soon. Thank you, Ranger Boone and everyone at Muir Woods!
Sincerely,
Muir Woods National Monument
It’s possible, after a short walk in this national monument, to completely forget that downtown San Francisco is less than 15 miles away. This relatively small park, which is part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, contains an impressive diversity of plants and animals, including an intact old-growth coast redwood forest and habitat that supports many ferns, wildflowers, small birds and mammals, and several federally listed species. Naturalist John Muir himself called the park "the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world."
State(s): California
Established: 1908
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My friends from Southern California visited Northern California and I decided to show them San Francisco and Muir Woods. I have lived in Northern California for most of my life, but I had never gone to Muir Woods. The forest was breathtaking and I had never seen so much greenery…
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