The fourth of our summer series of hikes in West Marin will take us back out to Point Reyes National Seashore for a sojourn near Abbott's Lagoon. Wendy says that: "On this lovely level walk we should see yellow sand verbena, beach evening primrose, giant coastal hedge nettle, cobweb thistle, heliotrope, Point Reyes checkerbloom (endangered), and maybe the endangered beach layia. We'll also check out birds on the lagoon and the ocean. Brush rabbits and muskrats are possible. Learn about the endangered snowy plovers that nest on this beach. Lunch on the beach."Here are the directions to the trailhead (carpool leaves St. Rita at 8:45):
Take Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Turn right at Olema and make an immediate left onto Bear Valley Rd. Continue until you pick up SF Drake again. Go through Inverness. Where the road veers left to Drake's Beach and the lighthouse go straight. This puts you on Pierce Point Rd. Pass Tomales Bay State Park. The parking area for Abbott's Lagoon will be on your left. Restrooms at trailhead.
Regardless of the exact route we take on the hike, this excerpt from the Martin's book, Hiking Marin, shows the trails in this part of the seashore:
(Click here to view and print out the hike details and map from the Martin book. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer you can print the document. Once you see the document on the "Scribd" Web site, click on the "Download" icon and then on the "PDF" icon to open the document on your computer).
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