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Elementary School Students

Mt. Tam Astronomy Night - The All-American Total Solar Eclipse of August 2017 - Hosted by Friends of MT. Tam
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A total solar eclipse is one of nature‰ЫЄs most magnificent spectacles. On August 21, 2017, for the first time in 38 years, the very narrow path of a total solar eclipse falls across the continental US. Come learn about total solar eclipses and how to view this one!

Mt. Tam Astronomy Night - The Search for Life Beyond Earth - Hosted by Friends of Mt. Tam
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Besides Earth, several planetary bodies in our solar systems are recognized as having the potential to host primitive forms of life. This talk will describe why and how NASA plans to search for life on Mars and the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn.

Mt. Tam Movie Night - Hosted by Friends of Mt. Tam

Enjoy a screening under the stars of the 2013 film Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts who are stranded in space after the mid-orbit destruction of their space shuttle, and their subsequent attempt to return to Earth.

Barred owl in Muir Woods National Monument
Muir Woods After Hours
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Hike through Muir Woods after dark! Reservations required.

National Park Week Fee Free Weekend
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Entrance fee to Muir Woods is free only on April 15-16 and April 22-23 and not the entire week of National Park Week.

Meet Your NPS Ranger at the Anza Branch Library
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All ages will delight in learning about flora, fauna, and tales of San Francisco through masterful storytelling from your local National Park Service Ranger.

Meet Your NPS Ranger at Your Local Library
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All ages will delight in learning about flora, fauna, and tales of San Francisco through masterful storytelling from your local National Park Service Ranger.

Battery Townsley in the Marin Headlands
Battery Townsley Open House

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Battery Townsley, at Fort Cronkhite, was San Francisco's most extensive--and most secret--World War II military fortification. Come visit and explore this labyrinthine battery.

Great blue heron
Beginning Birding
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Enjoy our beautiful National Park by exploring the Marin Headlands.  Join volunteer Jane Haley on an easy walk around Rodeo Lagoon and learn about our feathered friends. Reservation required, please call (415) 331-1540.

Birding 101
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Explore the shore of Rodeo Lagoon with docent Jane Haley and enjoy the winter birds.