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The 14,000-acre (57 km 2) park is a coastal sanctuary for old-growth Coast Redwood trees. The park is jointly managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service as a part of the Redwood National and State Parks.
Muir Woods Trading Company cafe and gift shop – offers deli food items and souvenirs. The cafe also has a permanent display of historic photographs. The main trail (paved and boardwalk) through Muir Woods is a 2 miles (3.2 km) loop. A .5 miles (0.80 km) loop from the Visitor Center, through Founders Grove, to Bridge 2 and back is ADA accessible.
Discovered in Redwood National Park in 2006 in an unpublished location, [d] the tallest living tree is the coast redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) named Hyperion, [85] at 380 feet (120 m). It is followed by Helios at 377 feet (115 m), and Icarus at 371 feet (113 m), both also in Redwood National Park. [86]
According to the National Park Service, "In 1929, Clara W. Stout, widow of lumberman Frank D. Stout, donated this tract of old-growth redwood forest to Save the Redwoods League."
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It is about a 100-yard (91 m) walk from the park entrance. The Colonel Armstrong Tree is the oldest tree in the grove, estimated to be over 1400 years old. It is a 0.5-mile (800 m) walk from the park entrance. The Icicle Tree shows the unusual burl formations often found on redwood trees. Burls can weigh many tons and grow hundreds of feet ...