Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez (NHS) is increasing access.
The National Park Service (NPS) is working with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
Beginning October 17, 2020, John Muir NHS will reopen access to:
- John Muir’s historic home for limited, family group, tours
- Park operation hours returning to normal, now open 7 days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In addition, the following spaces continue to be available:
- Wanda Trails – during daylight hours.
- John Muir orchard and the surrounding picnic areas – 7 days a week
With public health in mind, the following facilities remain closed at this time:
- Martinez Adobe (closed due to seismic instability)
- Visitor Education Center
photo credit: Jenny Wood Pierce
19 comments
Safeguard that statue…
Better search all everyone for cans of spray paint, rope and chains. We don’t want this statue coming down too.
And here you go.
“Sierra Club apologizes for racist views of ‘father of national parks’ John Muir”
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/23/john-muir-sierra-club-apologizes-for-racist-views
And while they are at it, let’s either get rid of or rename the two hospitals.
it is the guardian, they hate all that America stands for.
I wouldn’t use the guardian as toilet paper…it’s an insult to toilet paper across the world.
What?! That racist statue still stands?!
Stands? It appears to have long ago taken a seat!
no……it sits.
@ Evil Banker
Maybe just maybe you might do something of significance in your life and let’s say their a monument made in your honor. Years from now as people look at this Evil Banker monument and they think look at this racist let’s tear this down because I find it so offensive and it now has no value to me. Does this define you and are you not a product of your time which is definitely not considered progressive at this point? You don’t know John Muir personally so to attack him says a lot more about you than him. He was a pioneer what will be your legacy besides name calling?
“SARCHASM”:
The cognitive gulf that exists between those who are able to detect sarcasm and those who are not.
Pretty soon we are going to be so hypersensitive to everything that we will only build statues to people like the person that invented the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
can’t do it, it would be butterist and jellyist…
LOL!
How did he do all that hiking with two huge right feet?
@ Russ Sayin…. to my knowledge there is no statue of Julia Davis Chandler,
but there should be!
Whoa! Drop that chisel! Stop! No statue for Julia….
It has just come to my attention that Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches are RACIST!
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/case-racist-pbj-kevin-d-williamson/
Please note for the record: I, Russ Sayin, officially gave up on the world, as of 10/17/2020 upon reading that story. I will now only reference things in the most vanilla of fashion. Wait, can I even say “vanilla” without upsetting chocolate?
The miscreants either can not find Martinez or they think it is in Mexico! Amazingly this statue has remained unscathed but now that us posters have brought it out………!!??
I am in favor of shooting anyone trying to destroy public or private property. They are useless people who will never become productive so really they are not needed.
So true, Ricardoh! These people don’t know how to contribute or build anything so they only want to tear everything down that others have built.
There is a rumor the city of Martinez plans to replace the John Muir statue with Reverend Al Sharpton. The statue will emulate early Reverend Al with the mullet and large medalians. It’s culturally important.
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