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Posted on Jun 22, 2009 - 10:00am by John P. in Photography, Travel
The Muir Woods are honestly one of my favorite places. Less than 30 minutes from the majestic Golden Gate Bridge, you can be standing in one of the last remaining giant redwood forests on Earth. Surrounded by these magnificent towering creatures, many over 600 years old, it provides a peaceful place to sit and contemplate both the insignificance of what it is to be human, and the impact that we as a species can have on our planet.
Once the northwest was covered by ancient growth forests with trees as old as 3,200, whose bark alone measured up to 2 feet thick. But throughout the 19th century, American logging all but decimated these creatures. Now, the only giant redwoods and sequoias that remain survive in national and state parks. Thank God for small wonders of government intervention.
The history behind the Muir Woods:
Until the 1800s, many northern California coastal valleys were covered with coast redwood trees similar to those now found in Muir Woods National Monument. The forest along Redwood Creek in today’s Muir Woods was spared from logging because it was hard to get to. Redwood Creek contained one of the Bay Area’s last uncut stands of old-growth redwood, Congressman William Kent and his wife, Elizabeth Thacher Kent, bought 611 acres here for $45,000 in 1905. To protect the redwoods the Kents donated 295 of the land to the Federal Government and, in 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt declared it a national monument. Roosevelt suggested naming the area after Kent, but Kent wanted it named for conservationist John Muir.
John Muir’s reaction to William Kent
This is the best tree-lover’s monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world. You have done me great honor, and I am proud of it.
In addition to my photos below, there is a nice little virtual tour you can take here. Enjoy!
These photos were taken with a Canon 5D Mark II, mainly with a Canon f2.8 15mm Fisheye lens. Some were also taken with a Canon 18-125mm IS lens. Almost all were taken handheld without the use of a tripod while walking through the forest.
Ah the time of going to a national park, its just amazing isint it. Specially if you have to shoot, I mean with the camera ofcourse.
wow – those are very nice pictures :) I went Yosemite a few years back and it was absolutely beautiful. Went during the summer season and at every level of the national forest it was a different climate… these pictures make me want to go back.
The Muir Woods is the one place I must visit each and every time I get to San Francisco. The peace one feels walking along the creek can be found in very few places in the world…Thanks for the reminder.
Amazing! 3200 years old…It really is a national monument…
Some truly beautiful pictures there. The giant trees certainly are awe-inspiring. How anybody could just blindly chop them down for profit is just ridiculous.
I have never seen a giant redwood…but I have always wanted to. I can imagine it would be pretty peaceful… it must feel like you are in a fantasy land You took really nice photos by the way. The ones with the deer really captivate all of the nature.
That is incredible! I cant believe how upclose you got with that deer, amazing photos for sure John :)