Point Reyes National Seashore spans more than 71,000 acres along Point Reyes Peninsula within Marin County. The National Park Service-maintained seashore and nature preserve attracts more than 2.5 million visitors each year and is home to important wild coastal beach, headlands, and estuary habitats.

Attractions within the seashore include the 1870 Point Reyes Lighthouse, which serves as a popular whale-watching observation spot, and the Point Reyes Lifeboat Station, the last rail-launched lifeboat station on the Pacific coast.

Important early European settler sites are preserved as part of the Drakes Bay Historic and Archaeological District, while indigenous Coast Miwok culture is recreated at the Kule Loklo village. 30,000 acres of the seashore are also preserved as the Phillip Burton Wilderness, which features grassland and fir and pine forest regions. An extensive hiking trail system offers day-hike and backpacking opportunities, and four hike-in campgrounds are available with reservations.

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