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Redwoods in Muir Woods National Monument. Muir Woods National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service on the Pacific coast of southwestern Marin County California.

Muir Woods National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service on the Pacific coast of southwestern Marin County, California, 12 miles north of San Francisco and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. When John Muir learned that William and Elizabeth Kent were naming a redwood forest near San Francisco in his honor, he declared, "This is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world." The couple had purchased the land to preserve its beauty and restful wilderness; and in 1908, they donated it to the federal governent to protect it from destruction.

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Uploaded on February 4, 2014
Taken on November 5, 2011