Point Reyes National Seashore
Point Reyes National Seashore is a 71,028-acre (287.44 km2) park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as an important nature preserve. Some existing agricultural uses are allowed to continue within the park. Clem Miller, a US Congressman from Marin County, wrote and introduced the bill for the establishment of Point Reyes National Seashore in 1962 to protect the peninsula from development which was proposed at the time for the slopes above Drake's Bay.
Headlands of the Point Reyes Peninsula from Chimney Rock, looking north
Point Reyes National Seashore
Tule Elk at Tomales Point
Elephant seal at Drakes Bay
Point Reyes is a prominent cape and popular Northern California tourist destination on the Pacific coast. Located in Marin County, it is approximately 30 miles (50 km) west-northwest of San Francisco. The term is often applied to the Point Reyes Peninsula, the region bounded by Tomales Bay on the northeast and Bolinas Lagoon on the southeast. The majority of the peninsula as well as the headlands are protected as part of Point Reyes National Seashore.
Much of the peninsula's coastline is made up of rocky cliffs, though there are also expansive sandy beaches.
Point Reyes Aerial View
South Beach and Point Reyes Peninsula
Sebastián Vizcaíno named the cape Punto de los Reyes (Spanish for "Point of the Kings"), which has transformed into the modern Spanish–English name mixture of Point Reyes.
