Muir Woods National Monument

Summer is a busy time at Muir Woods. Visit early in the morning for the most pleasant experience.
Walk among old growth coast redwoods, cooling their roots in the fresh water of Redwood Creek and lifting their crowns to reach the sun and fog. Federally protected as a National Monument since 1908, this primeval forest is both refuge and laboratory, revealing our relationship with the living landscape. What will you discover in Muir Woods?
Map showing location of park.
beams of light from the top left corner of the image beam into a forest of towering redwood trunks
Photo by NPS/ Jace Ritchey
a visitor points to a sign that says muir woods
Photo by NPS/ Jace Ritchey
A yellow banana slug creeping along a twig
Photo by NPS/ Kristen Henderson
Two people walk on a meandering wooden boardwalk in a densely vegetated forest. Tall redwoods tower.
Photo by NPS/ Alison Taggart Barone
Two rangers stand next to a big sign and speak to visitors seated in the foreground
Photo by NPS/ Jace Ritchey