[pct-l] Warner Springs Resort

[Scott Williams]

Yes they have wpened it up, but you have to walk through private land to get
there. His actual grave is public, and part of the park although it is
seperate from the bulk of the properties.   I'll be hiking a section of Mt
Wanda this Thursday right across from it, and will be paying my respects
then.  I'll print out some up to date directions after that hike.

We've done a lot toward preserving what parts of his old ranch are still
open space, and you can now hike for miles in several directions from the
Muir house.  You can even pick fruit in some of his old orchards here in the
Alhambra Valley at several locations.

Shroomer

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 10:06 PM, <hiker97 at aol.com> wrote:

>  Schroomer writes: Re: John Muir ....... His death, and the realization
> that if San Francisco could dam up one of the great canyons of Yosemite
> National Park, finally brought congress around to seeing that the National
> Parks needed an agency to protect them, even from the government
> itself.  Sorry, I can go on.  Anyone out there on this list excessivly moved
> by Muir, should give me a hollar.  I live directly in back of the park in
> Martinez, and love to take hikers and angels on tours of the lovely old
> place, and a hike up Mount Wanda, and Helen nearby, where he took his two
> daughters hiking when they were young.  I've done it for years, and if not
> on trail myself, welcome the time with fellow trail lovers.
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> Switchback replies: Did the authorities ever open up John Muir's grave site
> to visitors?  Years ago when I was there you could not go to the grave site
> to pay your respects.
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