Muir Woods National Monument
Muir Woods National Monument is located just 16 miles Northwest of Fishermans Warf in San Francisco. Muir Woods is a stand of Coastal Redwoods protected over the years and allows visitors to walk amongst these giants. Many of the trees in the area are 500 - 800 years old, and the tallest tree at the monument stands 258 feet tall. The trees create their own climate below the canopy allowing many different plants and animals to live here that would not do well in the arid climate otherwise. The Coastal Redwoods grow in Northern California, primarily between San Francisco and Oregon. They thrive here because of the fog. The fog will condense on the needles in the trees, then drip down into the forest below. This process is how these giant trees get enough water to sustain the forest that they create. Being so close to San Francisco Bay area Muir Woods is a popular destination and requires you to make a paid reservation just to get parkin. We made our reservations months in advance