Muir Woods hike

Muir Woods National Monument is a very special park as you see many redwood groves with huge trees. The park features two short loops down in the valley that pass along a couple of different redwood groves. These loops are like highways, almost paved, and well looked-after.

Trail navigation

We parked on the lower parking area near the visitor center. There is only limited parking and especially on weekends you might have to fall back to the Muir Woods shuttle service that transports you from overflow parking to the trail heads. We started on one of the bigger loops and headed off on another trail when we got bored from the 'highway'-like over accessible trails. After following some steep inclines we made it up to the scenic highway and slowly circled back to the main trail. View Map

Hike description

The hike was an easy 5 mi (8.2km) stroll and we passed hundreds of huge redwood trees. The incline was not too steep and offered additional views of younger redwood groves along the valley.

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Picture time

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 My parents at the trailhead to Muir Woods

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One of the large redwood trees.

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On the incline up to the top.

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A huge amount of smaller (younger) trees.

Summary

The hike is very easy going and can be done in roughly two hours. It is easy to walk and large parts of the hike are on paved roads. Remember to bring 1 liter of water per person.

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