Tree Top Glass Home in the Heart of the National Seashore

Tomales Bay State Park entrance to Heart's Desire Beach, Indian Beach, Vista Point picnic area and hiking trails.

Great bay beach for kids and families. Picnic tables, bbq's, easy hiking trails to neary bay beaches, fishing and easy access for kayaking.

Beautiful ocean bay beach with small restaurant, sandy beaches, swimming, surfing, fishing, etc. With it's beautiful white cliffs it is a spectacularly beautiful beach and more protected than the ope

At the end of California's longest peninsula, the Point Reyes Lighthouse offers a spectacular place from which to view wildlife. Turkey vultures, ravens, and hawks are regulars. Peregrine falcons are a treat to see. A colony of approximately 12,000 common murres has established itself on the rocks north of the Lighthouse and can be viewed from the observation deck above the Lighthouse during the spring/summer nesting season. The cypress trees along the walkway to the Lighthouse are good "bird traps." On foggy days during the fall migration, unusual songbirds, warblers, and grosbeaks may be seen. Land mammals such as native black-tailed deer are commonly seen; gray foxes and long-tailed weasels are occasionally seen. Marine mammals such

In the spring, lovers of wildlife and wildflowers head to the Point Reyes National Seashore to experience the area's abundance of both. One of our go-to spots for an outdoors outing in Point Reyes is Chimney Rock, where you can see both masses of amazing widlflowers and massive Northern Elephant Seals lounging on the beach below the cliffs. Also worth visiting here is the historic Chimney Rock Lifeboat Station, where Coast Guard crews set out to rescue victims of the many shipwrecks off the coast of Point Reyes. If you visit Chimney Rock in the late winter or spring, your first destination upon arrival should be the Elephant Seal Overlook. It's a short hike on a well maintained gravel trail overlooking Drakes Bay, abou

Wonderful new restaurant located in the Golden Hinde Motel and Marina.

The Olema Inn - Great food, Fine dining 415-663-9559 The Farmhouse Restaurant - Family dining - 415-663-1264

Station House Cafe - 415-663-1515, A gourmet neighborhood cafe serving breakfast, lunch and dinner since 1974. Cafe Reyes - 415-663-9493, Thin crust wood fired pizzas.

Park Information, gift store, Miwok village, extensive hiking trails.

Hike in - dog friendly

The easy 2.4-kilometer (1.5-mile) trail takes you past a fresh water pond to a footbridge crossing the brackish lagoon. If you continue along the sandy lagoon shoreline, you will be rewarded by the dramatic views of the open ocean and along the Great Beach. The three different water sources provide diverse habitats for the wildlife in the Abbotts Lagoon area. This is one of the best fall and winter birding sites in the park; shorebirds, waterfowl, sparrows, hawks and osprey are commonly sighted. Consider yourself one of the fortunate if you spot a golden eagle or a peregrine falcon eyeing the shorebirds!

Drive right to beach - restrooms

Drive to Beach - Restrooms

From December through March, a breeding colony of elephant seals can be observed from this excellent vantage point above beautiful Drakes Bay. Elephant seals, hunted nearly to extinction, have made a remarkable comeback. These marine mammals spend almost all their lives in the deep ocean waters, diving to depths of a mile in search of food. Adult male elephant seals, which can weigh up to 2,250 kilograms (~5,000 pounds), have a huge overhanging proboscis (nose), hence their name. The males are the first to arrive here, in December, to stake out a claim on the beach. Then pregnant females begin to arrive and soon give birth to a single pup. Subadult and juvenile animals arrive and the colony can number close to one