We return to Point Reyes National Seashore this coming week. Wendy says that "on this hike we'll look for the tule elk, once at the brink of extinction and now making a heartening comeback. This Point is also special for its views."
(Click here for a recap of our September 2008 hike; here is an album of photos taken on past hikes in this area.)
Directions to trailhead: Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard west from Fairfax. Turn right at Olema and make an immediate left onto Bear Valley Road.
Continue until you pick up Sir Francis Drake again. Go through Inverness.
Where the road veers left to Drake's Beach and the lighthouse, bear right. This puts you on Pierce Point Road. Follow it to the parking lot at the end of the road.
Restrooms: Stop at the Bear Valley Visitor Center to use the flush toilets, or pull off Pierce Point Road at the parking lots for the trails to Abbott’s Lagoon or Kehoe Beach to use the porta-potties. When you reach the parking lot for the Tomales Point Trail you can head downhill to McClure's Beach to use the pit toilet there before returning to the trailhead parking lot to meet the group.
Click here to view and print a map of the Seashore showing these roads and locations.
Time: 1 hour 20 minutes from College of Marin. Carpoolers can meet at St. Rita’s at 8:35 a.m.
Weather forecast: As of the morning of Friday, August 31, the National Weather Service forecast for the hike was patchy fog before 11am, otherwise mostly sunny, with a high near 57. (Clear here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: Hike G18 – Tomales Point Trail in the Martins' book, Hiking Marin, is 9.4 mile roundtrip hike to Tomales Point and back. We’ll only do about half of that route, stopping well short of the Point.
This Google Earth image created by Theresa Fisher shows the path we'll follow out and back.
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| From Tomales Point |
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