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The John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek opened in 1965 after the efforts of several local doctors, who received financing in part from a Hill–Burton Act grant. [ 4 ] Concord Hospital was established in 1930, in a modest one-story home at 2334 Almond Avenue (which exists to this day and is used as a private residence).
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 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 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 ]
WellNow Urgent Care was founded in Big Flats, New York in 2012 as "Five Star Urgent Care" by Dr. John Radford, a former emergency room physician. [6] [3] In 2014, WellNow Urgent Care expanded to six locations. [7] That same year, the company began offering patients the ability to view wait times for its facilities on its website. [8]
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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.
There is a shelter for hikers to stay at on Muir Pass, called the John Muir Hut, which is the only shelter on the trail. [24] Hikers completing the trail typically take about three weeks. [33] The record for the fastest known time was set by ultrarunner François D'Haene in 2017, who ran from south to north in 2 days, 19 hours and 26 minutes.