Muir Woods

Just beyond Sausalito lies Muir Woods, a living cathedral of ancient redwoods where silence hums with life. Visitors don’t simply see this forest — they enter it in reverence. Some trees have stood for over 800 years, rising more than 250 feet toward the sky.

Gentle trails wind through sun-dappled groves and across wooden bridges over Redwood Creek, where ferns, sorrel, and moss thrive in the cool, earthy air. Deer step softly between the trunks, wrens and owls call overhead, and the creek shelters endangered coho salmon fingerlings.

Protected since 1908, Muir Woods remains a sanctuary for those seeking stillness, beauty, and connection to the natural world.