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John Muir National Historic Site 4202 Alhambra Ave, Martinez, CA 94553 ☎ (925) 228-8860 Last Updated: 04/09/2023 |
| The John Muir National Historic Site was the home of John Muir. Muir was born in Scotland in 1838 and came to the High Sierras in 1868. In 1880 he married Louie Strentzel, the daughter of Dr. John Strentzel, well known California horticulturist. By this time Muir was already renowned as a naturalist and writer. John and Louie Muir lived in a small house at Strentzel's fruit orchard. | |
| The orchard would later become the 2,665 acre Muir-Strentzel Ranch. In 1882, Dr. Strentzel completed his new Victorian home which overlooked the Martinez Adobe. The adobe had been constructed in 1849 by Don Vincente Martinez. John and Louie Muir lived in an old farmhouse until 1890 when Dr. Strentzel died. Muir and his wife moved into the Victorian home now known as the John Muir house. Much of Muir's writing was done in the "old library den" on the second floor. Throughout Muir's lifetime, he wrote books and articles with the intent to introduce the American public to the natural wonders of the American landscape. Muir worked to establish more than 21 million acres of forest reserves which became the foundation for the U.S. Forest Service. Muir influenced the policies of Theodore Roosevelt, who after meeting with him in 1903 at Yosemite, began a process through which five National Parks were established. John Muir died in 1914. | |
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Holiday Highlands Park Place » Outdoors Holiday Highlands Park is a 2 acre park featuring picnic area, playground area, multi-use field, bike racks and lighted pathways. 65 views 💖 1 👍 0Fig Tree Ln, Martinez, CA 94553 |
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Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline Park Place » Outdoors The Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline Park offers visitors a variety of experiences. There are group picnic areas, Baseball fields, bocce ball courts and soccer fields in the eastern section of the park, operated by the City of Martinez. 79 views 💖 1 👍 0Ferry St, Martinez, CA 94553 |
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Rankin Park Place » Outdoors Rankin Park is a 41 acre park featuring swimming and diving complex, picnic areas, horseshoe pits, lighted softball field, restroom, playground area and gazebo. 72 views 💖 1 👍 0100 Buckley St, Martinez, CA 94553 |
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Martinez Place » City Martinez is a city and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Located on the southern shore of the Carquinez Strait, the city's population was 38,290 at the 2020 census. 78 views 💖 1 👍 0California |
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Hidden Lakes Park Place » Outdoors Hidden Lakes Park features two ballfields, basketball court, sand volleyball court, multi-use field, jogging track, concession building, restroom, two tot play areas, trails to Hidden Valley Park and around the lake and a large parking lot. 112 views 💖 1 👍 0Chilpancingo Pkwy, Martinez, CA 94553 |
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Briones Regional Park Place » Outdoors Briones Regional Park is a 6,117-acre (24.75 km2) regional park in the East Bay Regional Park District system, located in the Briones Hills of central Contra Costa County of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. 153 views 💖 1 👍 02537 Reliez Valley Rd, Martinez, CA 94553 |
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Fernandez Ranch Place » Outdoors Fernandez Ranch is the largest Bay Area park and nature preserve located in Martinez, CA. The park is owned and managed by the East Bay Regional Park District and is located at 1081 Christie Rd, Martinez, CA 94553. The park covers over 700 acres and features a variety of hiking trails, picnic areas, and scenic views of the surrounding hills and valleys. 121 views 💖 1 👍 01081 Christie Rd, Martinez, CA 94553 |
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Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline Place » Outdoors Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline comprises 1,568 acres of bluffs and shoreline along Carquinez Scenic Drive between the town of Crockett and the hillsides overlooking Martinez. 99 views 💖 1 👍 011 Carquinez Scenic Dr, Martinez, CA 94553 |