MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT -- Away from Bay Area beaches, many people headed to the woods for a cool escape from Saturday's sweltering heat. Muir Woods National Monument is packed on most weekends ...

From far away, the caution tape and sheet of paper attached to an interpretative placard in Muir Woods National Monument could be mistaken for routine maintenance. In fact, the park’s latest project ...

Energetic summertime visitors may want to visit Muir Woods by hiking to it, or perhaps you do, too. Our vigorous 6-mile loop hike from Pantoll on Mount Tamalpais, down the Stapleveldt and Ben Johnson ...

With the coming and going of spring break, campus activities have resumed in full swing. I’m sure many of us have asked or been asked “how was your spring break?” since coming back to campus. The ...

Encountering some of Earth's tallest living organisms is just the beginning of visitors' experience at this California park site. In 1903, the California Club and other women’s civic organizations ...

There’s a secret back door to Muir Woods National Monument that most visitors don’t know about — and it’s guaranteed to delight hikers who discover it. If you park high above the 554-acre preserve on ...