John Muir National Historic Site
About John Muir National Historic Site
Main visitor center for the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California. Closed 12:00PM to 1:00PM every day.
Park Passport stamps are available here.
Adapted from National Park Service.
The John Muir National Historic Site is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California. It preserves the 14-room Italianate Victorian mansion where the naturalist and writer John Muir lived, as well as a nearby 325-acre (132 ha) tract of native oak woodlands and grasslands historically owned by the Muir family. The main site is on the edge of town, in the shadow of State Route 4, also known as the "John Muir Parkway."
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- Founded
- 1964
- Annual visitors
- 33.6K
- in 2020
Photos of John Muir National Historic Site
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01MartinezNPS · Public domain
02Plaques (Martinez, CA)Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0
03JOMUNational Park Service Digital Image Archives · Public domain
04Windmill, John Muir National Historic SiteMelystu · CC BY-SA 4.0
05Martinez, CA USA - John Muir National Historic SiteMARELBU · CC BY 3.0
06Martinez, CA USA - John Muir National Historic SiteMARELBU · CC BY 3.0
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 3.7 miles of John Muir National Historic Site; the closest, Museum of Modern Photography, is about 3.5 miles away.
