Muir Woods National Monument is a 554-acre forest located in western Marin County, about 12 miles north of San Francisco. Named after naturalist John Muir, it is home to 240 acres of old-growth coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), some over 1,000 years old and 250 feet tall.
The land was purchased in 1905 by Congressman and conservationist William Kent and his wife Elizabeth Thacher Kent to…