MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT
One of the Golden Gate National Parks
The world's famous redwoods grow in Muir Woods, a cool, foggy canyon a short drive north of the Golden Gate. These tall tress, some more than 1,000 years old, are a spectacular remnant of the vast redwood forests that once covered the hillseides around San Francisco Bay.
Sent by Patricia from Napa Valleyin California, USA.
Muir Woods National Monument (/mjʊər/ MURE) is a United States National Monument managed by the National Park Service and named after naturalist John Muir. It is located on Mount Tamalpais near the Pacific coast in southwestern Marin County, California. The Monument is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and is 12 miles (19 km) north of San Francisco. It protects 554 acres (224 ha), of which 240 acres (97 ha) are old growth coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests, one of a few such stands remaining in the San Francisco Bay Area (read more).
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