Tag: Redwood Creek Trail

Fern Creek – Dipsea – Sun Trail Loop (Muir Woods National Monument, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Marin, Moderate Hikes, Mount Tamalpais State Park3 Comments

Fern Creek Trail, Muir Woods National Monument, April 2021 Sure the towering California redwoods are lovely, but Muir Woods National Monument on the Marin Peninsula has become almost comically crowded, mobbed by throngs of locals and visitors to the San Francisco Bay Area alike. Visitors must now have advance reservations to park at the main …

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Ben Johnson-Bootjack Trail Loop (Muir Woods National Monument, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Marin, Moderate Hikes, Mount Tamalpais State Park4 Comments

The redwood groves of Muir Woods National Monument, while lovely, have a people problem. Within a half-mile radius of the park’s tiny visitor center, there are scores and scores of visitors. Yet the western stretches of the park—or better yet, the areas belonging to Mount Tamalpais State Park that surround Muir Woods—solitude and wildness are …

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