Point Reyes National Seashore

I’ve been going to Point Reyes National Seashore regularly enough to think of it as a home away from home, though “home” is overstating it for a place I fly or drive several hours to reach.

Access is the first thing to plan: entry points, permits, and the time of day the road is drivable.

You can spend three days at Point Reyes National Seashore and only scratch the surface of the coastal headland.

My default advice is to go year-round, best in shoulder seasons. Outside that window there are still good days here, but the baseline quality drops.

Gear advice is boring: something long, something short, and enough layers that you’re not rearranging in the car.

My most memorable morning there was mid-season, soft fog, two dozen birds in a thirty-minute window, and I remember about three of them.

Anyone who tells you Point Reyes National Seashore is an easy place hasn’t been on a day where the wind picked up by nine.

I’ll keep updating this page as I visit through the year. Take the logistics as rough guidance, not a route sheet.