Point Reyes National Seashore Camping
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Overview
A brief introduction to Point Reyes National Seashore
From its thunderous ocean breakers crashing against rocky headlands and expansive sand beaches to its open grasslands, brushy hillsides, and forested ridges, Point Reyes offers visitors over 1500 species of plants and animals to discover. Home to several cultures over thousands of years, the Seashore preserves a tapestry of stories and interactions of people. Point Reyes awaits your exploration.
Point Reyes National Seashore is a 71,028-acre (287.44 km2) park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as an important nature preserve. No other park in the world hosts breeding hoofed megafauna (elk) and marine megafauna (elephant and other seals). Some existing agricultural uses are allowed to continue within the park. Clem Miller, a US Congressman from Marin County, wrote and introduced the bill for the establishment of Point Reyes National Seashore in 1962 to protect the peninsula from development which was proposed at the time for the slopes above Drake's Bay. About half of the national seashore is protected as wilderness.
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Reviews
Camper reviews for Point Reyes National Seashore
Wildcat Camp - Go If You Ever Get The Chance
We hiked in 6 miles from the Bear Valley Visitor Center and 5.5 miles out the next day to the Palomarin TH. This requires staging vehicles at both ends which is a 30 minute drive one way but you get to see more of the park this way if you have this luxury.
Our Scout Troop stayed in group site 3 at Wildcat which holds 10-25 people. We walked all the campsites after people left. Sites 1-3 are group sites with the other 5 being individual sites for up to 8 people. Sites 4 and 8 are close to each other. 7 doesn't have any level ground but is closest to the trail to the ocean. Sites 5 and 6 are the best.
Wildcat has a water spigot with good tasting potable water so no filter needed. There are 2 pit toilets with TP and lots of trash and recycling cans. The campsites themselves all have nice cement picnic tables and food lockers.
If the tides are favorable then it's worth walking 1 mile south on the beach to Alamere Falls. There is a pinch point that requires the tide to be low to cross safely (probably 0 feet or less). You would want to hit that area as the tide is continuing to recede so you can return to Wildcat.
Derek Hudson reviewed Point Reyes National Seashore
on November 13th, 2023
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