Must now pay to enter Muir Woods.
Most visitors take the self guided map, walk up Right side of Redwood Creek, and cross one of 4 bridges to return downstream on the Left side.
No collecting whatsoever!!
Beware of poison oak, and or buy "Tecnu" soap.
Please do not toss coins in the creek.
No littering please.
No yelling or screaming, as it scares away the native Wild animals; Enjoy the morning quiet. ;)
These trees use to grow 400ft tall, and even now, way up the Lost Coast at 379ft are the tallest in the world.
96% have been logged, as termites won't eat redwood lumber for over 20years. They use to be abundant and dirt cheap; Now a 2in x 8in redwood lumber plank costs over $4/ft for top grade. Yes, only 4% of the NorCal coast redwood remains, some in state and national parks , but lots on private land ,,, still being logged, even clearcut logging.
A hundred feet longer than a football field TALL, but how wide A TREE?
The ones in MW are just young adults, less than half size.
So get 10 adult friends to line up, 4 on West and 6 on East, straight lines facing each other, with fingers touching in each separate STRAIGHT line. (Very hard for adults to do, for some reason,,,)
24ft on West and 36 ft on East are about maximum widths for coastal lumber tree, S. semperviren and the mtn. non-lumber tree, S. dendron giganteum, like the beauties in the Mariposa Grove at the SW gate to Yosemite. ( I invented this 2 line demo. Great at cocktail parties, tailgate parties, graduation parties,PUBLIC SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS so you can teach diameter, radius and circumference,,, have them "measure" 400ft horizontally, ,, and quinciera 15 parties,,,;).
