the John Muir Trail spans 211 miles through California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Those who undertake the trek will traverse nearly 80,000 feet in elevation change and discover alpine lakes and ...

Corbis Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park Chee-Onn Leong / iStockphoto The naturalist John ... Muir devotees even know where the little log cabin was, just yards from the Yosemite Falls Trail.

Muir's three-night camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 could be considered the most significant camping trip in conservation history. John ... he sailed to California and ...