John Muir Lodge is a fantastic jumping-off point for exploring the park. The lodge is walking distance from the visitor center and General Grant Grove, plus it has a full restaurant and a fireplace where you can make s’mores. It is a great place to stay in the park and here is...
Leading me through the forest was Bonnie Gisel, curator of the Sierra Club's LeConte Memorial Lodge and the author of several books on Muir. "Yosemite Valley was the ultimate pilgrimage site for Victorian Americans," Gisel said. "Here was the absolute manifestation of the divine, where they c...
The Sierra Club constructed Parsons Memorial Lodge in 1915 to serve as a gathering place and information center. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987 as an exemplar of park rustic architecture. View more information about Parsons Memorial Lodge at:https://npgallery.nps.gov/Asset...
Download video of presentation made to the Sequoia Natural History Association about the natural history of the Sierra Nevada. (Click on the “Movie Theatre” link on the bottom left hand side of the web page). See a short video about field sketching by for bay Nature Magazine The Making of...
I have carried many a 50-pound pack; I've hiked to the top of Mt. Whitney, there to think beautiful thoughts; I've hiked the 200-mile length of California's John Muir Trail, running from Yosemite to Sequoia. And even in [translate] ...
John Muir was a naturalist and conservation advocate who was largely responsible for the creation of Sequoia and Yosemite national parks. He was one of a group who founded the Sierra Club in 1892.