Muir Woods is a special forest near San Francisco, California. It is full of coast redwood trees, which are some of the tallest trees in the world! The forest covers 554 acres, which is about the size of 420 football fields. People come from all over the world to walk among these giant trees.
The redwood trees in Muir Woods are very, very tall. The tallest one is 258 feet high, which is taller than a 25-story building! Some of these trees are more than 1,000 years old. You can also see ferns, moss, and a little stream called Redwood Creek running through the forest. It is cool and shady under the big trees.
A man named William Kent bought this forest in 1905 to protect the trees from being cut down. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt made it a national monument so it would be safe forever. Kent asked that the forest be named after John Muir, a famous nature lover who helped save many wild places in America.
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