These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar.

Other places named in his honor are Muir Woods National Monument Muir Beach John Muir College Mount Muir Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. "Muir has profoundly shaped the very categories through which Americans understand and envision their relationships with the natural world" writes Holmes. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas.