Places Named After John Muir

For an updated collection of Places Named for John Muir, or which he visited see the John Muir Global Network Global Muir page.

Canada

 

Scotland

  • Scotland on John Muir Global Network
  • John Muir Way: The John Muir Way stretches 134 miles or 215 km across Scotland's heartland, running between Helensburgh in the west through to Dunbar on the east coast and Muir's birthplace. It is a walking and cycling path, that can also be ridden in parts by horseback. Opened in 2014, the centenary of John Muir's death, the John Muir Way encourages Scots to engage with nature on their doorstep and to awaken interest and respect for John Muir's philosophy across Scotland.

Dunbar

  • Photo Essay of John Muir's Dunbar: BBC
  • John Muir's Dunbar: Discover how John Muir's life and legacy were shaped by his boyhood in East Lothian, Scotland, in this illustrated essay from the BBC.
  • Muir's View: A putting green located on the Winterfield Golf Course, overlooking the beach at Belhaven Bay which is part of the John Muir Country Park.
  • John Muir Country Park: The Park is a coastline area of land of 1,667 acres set aside for the conservation of nature and for people to freely enjoy the beautiful coastline. The Park begins at the Dunbar Castle where Muir played as a child, and extends northward. The park was approved in 1976 and was the first of its kind in Scotland.
  • Friends of John Muir's Birthplace: A new interpretive center has been developed by the John Muir Birthplace Trust. (offsite links)
  • A series of street names in the former Lochend Estate to the south of the town are named for Muir: John Muir Crescent, John Muir Gardens, John Muir Place, John Muir Road, and John Muir Way. David Anderson, a Dunbar resident writes: "All of the streets in this residential development of approximately 500 new homes (2002-2003) will be named after notable Dunbar people (mind you, some are only notable to us). A large woodland associated with the old estate will be preserved for community use and will be managed for the benefit of wildlife."
  • Discover Dunbar

Edinburgh

  • John Muir Building: The University of Edinburgh
  • John Muir Building: Heriot-Watt University, housing programs in Biology, Marine Science and Environmental Management, Sport and Exercise Science, and the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling (ICBD)
  • Makar's Court: Engraved flagstone with John Muir quote installed in 2014 at the Edinburgh Writer's Museum. On Tuesday 29th April 2014 John Muir, became the thirty-eighth Scot to be commemorated at Makars' Court with the unveiling of an inscribed flagstone. The flagstone, which has been sponsored by the John Muir Birthplace Trust, bears the inscription: John Muir (1838 –1914) "I care only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness." (from The Life and Letters of John Muir by William Frederic Bade, Volume 11, Chapter XI On Widening Currents 1873-1875. Letter to Mrs Carr from John Muir, Yosemite Valley, 7 October 1874).
  • John Muir Grove: Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. A popular venue for weddings, the grove feature California Redwoods over 24 meters in height that were planted in the 1920s, as well as rhododendrons. John Muir quotes are sometimes featured in exhibitions elsewhere in the Garden.


 

United States of America

 

Alaska

  • John Muir Cabin: Tongass National Forest
  • Muir Glacier:  Named about 1880 for John Muir, 1834-1918, the American naturalist and conservationist who discovered this glacier on his 1879 trip to Alaska. In Glacier Bay National Monument, heads about 9 mi. S of Mount Harris, trends SE to Muir Inlet, 6 mi. NW of Westdahl Point and 77 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
  • Muir Point: The USGS reports (via Orth) that Camp Muir was named in 1890 by Reid (1892, p. 21). "On July 1st the George W. Elder cast anchor in Muir Inlet, not far from the glacier, and landed our instruments, tents, personal baggage, and provisions on the eastern shore. We found Professor Muir and Mr. Loomis encamped there * * *. This was our base-camp, and, in honor of Professor Muir we named it Camp Muir." The point of land was named for the camp. Located at mouth of Adams Inlet, on Muir Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 2 mi. SSW of Point George, 55 mi. NW of Hoonah; St. Elias Mts.
  • Mount Muir: The USGS states that this was a name reported in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pl. 2) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Probably named for John Muir. Located NW of Harriman Fiord, 8 mi. NW of Point Doran and 50 mi. E of Anchorage, Chugach Mts. Officially designated by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names on January 1, 1948.

 

California


Connecticut

  • Paugnut State Forest John Muir Trail: A 2.1 mile trail which passes through the main section of Paugnut State Forest (near Torrington) connecting Burr Pond State Park with Sunnybrook State Park.

 

Florida

 

Idaho

 

Kentucky

  • John Muir Highway: Highway 90 starts in Cave City, KY, and goes 35 miles to Burksville, KY.
  • John Muir and Robert Munford Historical Plaque: Erected by the Munfordville Tourism Commission. Tells the story of Johh Muir meeting the founder of Munfordville, Robert Munford, a surveyor and bee-keeper on September 5, 1867, as told in Muir's book A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf.
  • Muir Valley: Nature preserve and rock climbing area in the Red River Gorge area of Kentucky. The Valley is approximately 400 acres in size and walled in by over seven miles of majestic cliffs of hard Corbin Sandstone. 

 

New York

  • Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York City: John Muir Nature Trail : Begun in 1997, the trail passes through forests, with 100 foot trees, wetlands with frogs and salamanders, and grasslands filled with songbirds. Located on Van Cortlandt Park's north side, John Muir Trail's 4-mile out-and-back winds through the Northwest Forest before crossing over to the park's east side and into the Croton Woods.

 

Ohio

 

Tennessee

Cherokee National Forest: John Muir National Recreation Trail: Follow the approximate location of part of Muir's 1,000 mile walk to the Gulf; follows along the corridor of the Hiwassee River for 17 miles. 

 

Washington, D.C.

 

Washington State

 

Wisconsin

 

Solar System

  • Minor Planet Named for John Muir: This 1-mile diameter celestial body, now named "Johnmuir" is Solar System object number 2004PX42. It was named by its discoverer, amateur astronomer R.E. Jones, in honor of our pioneer conservationist. Seems appropriate for someone who gave his address as "Earth-Planet, Universe."