Tomales Bay is a long, narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County in northern California in the United States.
Tomales Bay as viewed from Tomales Point Trail
Marconi Conference Center
Point Reyes is a prominent landform and popular tourist attraction on the Pacific coast of Marin County in Northern California. It is about 30 miles west-northwest of San Francisco. The term is often
Tomales Bay
…approximately 15 mi (24 km) long and averages nearly 1.0 mi (1.6 km) wide, with relatively shallow depths averaging 18 ft, effectively separating the Point Reyes Peninsula from the mainland of Marin County. It is located approximately 30 mi (48 km) northwest of San Francisco. The bay forms the eastern boundary of Point…
Much of the peninsula's coastline is made up of rocky cliffs, though there are also expansive sandy beaches.
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.