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John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek is a 554-bed acute care facility that is designated as a level II trauma center, the only trauma center for Contra Costa County and portions of Solano County. Recognized as one of the region's premier health care providers, [ 2 ] its areas of specialty include high- and low-risk obstetrics, orthopedics ...
John Muir (/ m jʊər / MURE; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), [1] also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", [2] was a Scottish-born American [3] [4]: 42 naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States.
The John Muir National Historic Site is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California.It preserves the 14-room Italianate Victorian mansion where the naturalist and writer John Muir lived, as well as a nearby 325-acre (132 ha) tract of native oak woodlands and grasslands historically owned by the Muir family.
The terrain around John Muir Memorial County Park is flat and is sparsely populated, [3] with the nearest large town being Portage, located 17.5 km to the south. The area around John Muir Memorial County Park is surrounded by farmland. [4] The climate is hemiboreal, [5] with an average temperature of 7 °C (45 °F).
Lindsay Wildlife Experience, formerly known as Lindsay Wildlife Museum, [1] [2] is a family museum and wildlife rehabilitation center in Walnut Creek, California. Lindsay is the first wildlife hospital established in the United States, and a popular family museum in the East Bay Area near San Francisco. Founded in Walnut Creek in 1955, the ...
The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for 90 miles (140 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. [2] Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir , it encompasses 652,793 acres (2,641.76 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
Dec 29, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; FOX broadcaster and former NFL quarterback Tom Brady looks on before the game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Mount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, 0.95 miles (1.5 km) south of Mount Whitney. This 14,018-foot (4,273 m) peak is named in honor of John Muir , a geologist , conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club .