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Main Menu > San Francisco > Also Nearby John Muir National Historic Site This Excursion Comes From ... National Geographic Guide to America's Historic Places For more National Geographic travel guides—from Europe to Antarctica and everywhere in between—visit National Geographic Books >> (35 miles [56.3 kilometers] NE via I-80, California 24, and I-680 in Martinez. 4202 Alhambra Ave. +1 925 228 8860. Wed.-Sun.; Adm. fee) Naturalist and writer John Muir (1838-1914), whose influence helped create Yosemite National Park, lived in this 17-room Italianate house. Built in 1882, it has a redwood-paneled library and a bedroom where the Sierra Club founder refused to hang curtains, since he liked being awakened by the sun. More Recommendations for San Francisco