Muir Woods Shuttle & Schedules 2021 (All Routes)

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The Muir Woods Shuttle

Special notes as we emerge from the pandemic are included below in red.

Access to Muir Woods is controlled by a reservation system. Unless you hike into the park, you will need either a Muir Woods shuttle reservation, or a parking reservation, or to buy a ticket for a Muir Woods tour provided by an authorized tour operator. Here are the bullet points you need to know about the new Muir Woods Shuttle:

• Muir Woods shuttle service runs every weekend all year round and has now resumed after the pandemic. As of July 1, 2021, buses are running at full capacity.
• Weekday shuttle service is currently suspended, and normally runs only during the busiest parts of the summer travel season.
• There is no parking in the area outside the Muir Woods lots. The old shoulder areas along the narrow roadside are now “No Parking” zones, and if you don’t ride the shuttle you’ll need to make and pay in advance for a parking reservation.
• You need to make an online reservation to get a shuttle seat, and there is no support for walk-ups at the shuttle bus stops
• Your Muir Woods shuttle round trip will cost just $3.25 for riders ages 16 and up. Those younger than 16 ride free, BUT YOU STILL NEED TO MAKE AN ONLINE RESERVATION FOR THEM.
• Clipper Cards are not accepted so there are no discounts on the (already low) Muir Woods Shuttle fare.
• There are three bus stops for Muir Woods shuttle riders but only the Pohono St. Shuttle Stop is currently operating due to the pandemic. The Marin City Muir Woods shuttle stop is not currently operating. Two different routes serve the three stops, and have different schedules.
• You can only buy round trip tickets. There are no one way options.
• When you make a reservation for the shuttle you have to pick which parking lot you’ll travel from and what time you want to go — when a time slot is sold out in a location no more reservations are sold for that bus stop and/or that time. Some shuttle bus stops offer more frequent service than others. Only the Pohono St. Shuttle Stop is currently operating
• You get to choose when you take the return bus back down the mountain to your bus stop, and you can stay all the way to when they close the park if you wish BUT…
• They still warn visitors that the last buses of the day could fill up — we need to see if the new shuttle service leaves people stranded in the parking lot with no cell service and no WiFi, as did the old Muir Woods Shuttle, or if they have fixed this irresponsible part of the old system
• You can cancel a shuttle reservation and get a full refund up to 72 hours ahead of your scheduled trip
• All Muir Woods shuttles can board passengers in wheelchairs
• Service animals for disabled passengers are permitted on the Muir Woods Shuttle and in Muir Woods. All other animals are not permitted. This article answers many questions about service animals and the ADA.
• Buy your shuttle reservations or parking reservations ahead of time, because they can sell out days in advance.
• If you have a Muir Woods shuttle reservation you do NOT need a parking pass, and vice versa.
• There is no Muir Woods Shuttle from SF, although you can buy Muir Woods tour tickets where a bus will pick you up in San Francisco and then return you there from Muir Woods.

Please scroll down for Muir Woods shuttle schedules

Insiders Tip: If you want to visit Muir Woods, be sure to buy your parking or shuttle tickets early. During the summer travel season both kinds of tickets will sell out days in advance. You cannot go to a Muir Woods Shuttle bus stop and get a reservation on the spot — they can only be purchased online in advance — we have links below.

Insiders Tip: There is no cell service or WiFi service at Muir Woods itself — it’s in a mountain “dead zone.” If you need to download your parking pass, call anyone, arrange a ride or anything that you do on a cell phone, do so before taking the Muir Woods shuttle or leaving home.

Making Muir Woods Shuttle Reservations

Visitors can make Muir Woods shuttle reservations up to 90 days in advance of your visit. We recommend that you reserve well in advance to secure the ideal dates and times. Click here to go to the Muir Woods reservations website.

On the Muir Woods reservations system home page, look at the upper right hand corner of the screen. Click on the date there to display a calendar so you can choose the date you want to visit, then click on the “Reserve Now” button to go to the order page. On the order page you’ll need to:

• Choose which of the three Muir Woods shuttle bus stops in Sausalito you’ll start from (only the Pohono St. Shuttle Stop is currently operating), then…
• Choose what time you’ll want to take a bus from that stop
• Enter how many Muir Woods shuttle tickets you want to buy (it defaults to zero), and you have to enter a number before you’ll be allowed to…
• Go to the check-out page and use your credit card to pay the $3.00 per seat reservation fee

You can reserve up to ten seats on the same Muir Woods shuttle on a single transaction.

When you arrive at the Muir Woods shuttle stop be sure to bring a printed copy of your reservation or make sure you can bring it up on your cell phone. The reservation will have a bar code and the date and time you’ve selected — it’s very similar to the ticket systems used for concerts and Giants games. You’ll buy your Muir Woods ticket once you get to the front gate.

The Muir Woods Shuttle is currently operating only on weekends, and only to Pohono St. Shuttle Stop is in use.

Muir Woods Shuttle Schedules (Both Routes)

Weekends

ROUTE 66 (POHONO ST. LOT TO MUIR WOODS)

First shuttle bus always leaves Pohono St. Lot at 8:35 AM and reaches Muir Woods at about 9:05 AM

Last Bus of the Day: Muir Woods closes at sunset each day, and the last bus up the mountain usually arrives about 2 hours before closing time. You can check the current last trip times here. We advise you to take an earlier shuttle back because the last bus can fill up and leave folks stranded in a no-cell, no-wifi zone on the mountain.

Weekends

ROUTE 66F (SAUSALITO FERRY LOT TO MUIR WOODS)

*  This trip does not run between early November and late January. It resumes at the end of January.