We had a lovely Sunday roadtrip to Point Reyes, the only national seashore on the Pacific coast. It’s about an hour and half drive from Napa.
The road to the coast from the address we put in on the GPS is quite a stretch. It took us around 30 more minutes through the winding road. There’s only one way so I think it’s difficult to get lost. We passed by a few historical ranches.
We arrived at noon. The parking lot was already full and a lot of cars already parked on the curb. Luckily, we still found a spot to park and eat lunch at the back of the truck.
It was a perfect, clear day. Other people told us that it’s usually foggy when they get here. The trail going to the lighthouse reminded me of the Land’s End. The coastal view was so relaxing.
Just before the stairs to the lighthouse, there’s a small visitor center. There were interesting natural rock formations along the trail. We also saw a skull and bones of a California Gray Whale that’s been found on 1985.
The long stair’s narrow, and it’s a two way. It takes 300 steps to get to the lighthouse. There are resting areas in between with benches.
“The Point Reyes peninsula is a well defined area, geologically separated from the rest of Marin County and almost all of the continental United States by a rift zone of the San Andreas Fault, about half of which is sunk below sea level and forms Tomales Bay. The fact that the peninsula is on a different tectonic plate than the east shore of Tomales Bay produces a difference in soils and therefore to some extent a noticeable difference in vegetation.” (source)
The climb back up was quite a work out, but the view was worth it!
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