Once you arrive, head towards the Visitor Center. Here is where you will check in and individuals with medically determined permanent disability may receive an access pass. Accessibility resources at the Visitor Center available upon request include: assistive listening devices for our ranger led tours, Mp3 players containing an audio description of the Muir Woods brochure and waysides along the main trail, a Braille version of the Muir Woods brochure and trail map, and wheelchairs on a first-come, first-served basis.
After stopping at the Visitor Center, follow the raised accessible boardwalk. This boardwalk is part of the Muir Woods Main Trail. If you follow the raised boardwalk to the right it will lead to an accessible gift shop, café and restroom facility. Signage is provided. If you choose to continue into the redwood forest, the accessible boardwalk will continue for several hundred feet to Founders Grove. There are several informational waysides along the boardwalk.
If you proceed past the boardwalk you will encounter an asphalt trail which is usable; however, it contains potholes and severe cracks due to heaving tree roots. The trail is on a boardwalk again briefly between Cathedral Grove and the Fern Creek Trail. As funding and resources allow, we will continue to replace the existing asphalt with an accessible raised boardwalk. For more information about the main trail like slope and elevation gain, click here.
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