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They’re the tallest living things on Earth
Twelve miles north of San Francisco, a 554-acre forest grows on the western slope of Mount Tamalpais. The trees here stand taller than anything else alive on the planet.
You walk in from a parking lot in Marin County and within minutes, the city disappears. Cool air hits your face, a creek runs beside you, and the canopy blocks out most of the sky.
Muir Woods is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, but it feels like its own world entirely.
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A $45,000 land deal saved the whole canyon
The Coast Miwok people hunted, fished and gathered on this land long before anyone called it Redwood Canyon…