26.5.2023, Muir Woods (Marin County), incl. “History under construction”

Muir Woods National Monument, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muir_Woods_National_Monument: … managed by the National Park Service, named after naturalist John Muir … located on Mount Tamalpais near the Pacific coast … part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area … an old-growth coastal redwood forest … regularly shrouded in a coastal marine layer fog, contributing to a wet environment that encourages vigorous plant growth … Today, the Sequoia sempervirens can be found only in a narrow … coastal belt from Monterey County, California, in the south to Oregon in the north … Muir Woods became a national monument in 1908 before the National Park Service existed … Jack Kerouac discusses hiking through Muir Woods in his 1958 novel The Dharma Bums …