And if that wasn't enough to impress, the average age of redwoods in Muir Woods is 600 to 800 years, and that's not even some of the oldest in the park at the moment. There are 6 miles of trails ...

Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees," the naturalist John Muir wrote in 1901 (via National Park Service). "The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the ...

The national monument was named after naturalist John Muir, nicknamed "Father of the National Parks," whose environmental campaigns helped create the National Park system. Thanks to his efforts ...

Almost a million people visit Muir Woods National Monument each year. It's a popular tourist attraction that turned deadly on Christmas Eve when one of the park's famed Redwoods fell, killing a ...