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Middle School Students

Meet Your NPS Ranger at Your Local Library
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All ages will delight in learning about flora, fauna, and tales of San Francisco through masterful storytelling from your local National Park Service Ranger.

National Park Week Fee Free Weekend
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Entrance fee to Muir Woods is free only on April 15-16 and April 22-23 and not the entire week of National Park Week.

Morning at Muir Woods
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Stroll through an old-growth redwood forest, hear tall tales, soar in the sounds and smells, and hear the historical and ecological story of Muir Woods.

Visitors at the Nike Missile Site
Nike Missile Site Open House

This restored Cold War anti-aircraft missile site has intriguing stories to tell.

Mt. Tam Astronomy Night - Astrophotography for Everyone - Hosted by Friends of Mt. Tam
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Advances in recent decades have allowed amateur astronomers to produce deep space and planetary pictures that rival those taken by professional observatories. This presentation will provide an overview of off-the-shelf instruments and methods anyone, with perseverance and patience, can use to take amazing astronomical images.

Visitors at the Nike Missile Site
Nike Missile Site Veteran Open House

Upcoming Event Dates

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Veterans of the Nike program come to the site to share their stories with visitors and give guided tours of SF88 between the hours of 12pm - 3pm.

Mt. Tam Astronomy Night - Heavenly Vision: Galileo's Telescopes and Observations at Mountain Theatre - Hosted by Friends of Mt. Tam
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Galileo Galilei developed a new method for reliably comprehending the world around us and, accordingly, has been called the father of modern science. We will learn how Galileo‰ЫЄs celestial observations dramatically changed our understanding of the universe and our place in it.

Nike Missile Site Volunteer/Veteran Open House
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This restored Cold War anti-aircraft missile site has intriguing stories to tell.

Mt. Tam Astronomy Night - Life in the Goldilocks Zone - Hosted by Friends of Mt. Tam
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Discoveries by NASA‰ЫЄs Kepler Mission suggest there are billions of potentially habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. What has the study of planets within and beyond the Solar System taught us about our own planet Earth? And what‰ЫЄs next in the search for life beyond the Solar System?

Nike Missile Site: Behind the Scenes
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Preservation of this unique landscape comes with its own unique challenges: come learn more about cultural resource management, stewardship, and the future of the SF-88 Nike Missile Site.