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Muir Woods National Monument |
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Muir Woods National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery. ..... Click the link for more information. (table). Muir Woods National MonumentNational woodland, northern California, U.S. A virgin stand of coastal redwoods, it covers an area of 554 acres (224 hectares) near the Pacific coast, northwest of San Francisco. Some of the trees are more than 300 ft (90 m) high, 15 ft (5 m) in diameter, and 2,000 years old. The park, established in 1908, was named in honour of the naturalist John Muir. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For the West, they're Grand Canyon National Park, Yosemite National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, Muir Woods National Monument, Lava Beds National Monument and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Less than half an hour from the heart San Francisco tourist-popular Muir Woods National Monument is a rare 554-acre preserve of redwoods, Hitchcock actually filmed at Big Basin Redwoods State Park, north of his country home in Scott's Valley, near Santa Cruz. This year the BPM staff helped facilitate the American Heart Association's HeartWalk in downtown San Francisco; did habitat restoration and clean-up at the Taylor Foundation's Camp Arroyo in Livermore and the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga; helped with maintenance and gardening at Angel Island's former hospital and museum, and did trail clearing and landscaping at Muir Woods. |
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