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Located on the Point Reyes Peninsula, Point Reyes National Seashore is a 71,028-acre park preserve. It is home to some of the best beaches near San Francisco and stretches from the rocky headlands, where mighty waves bring their relentless crashing, to miles of sandy beaches, scrub-covered hills, and wide open and forested ridges.

This amazing park is home to more than 1,500 species of plants and animals and has been populated by several cultures for millennia.

Point Reyes National Seashore is also a place where the San Andreas Fault Zone separates the Pacific plate from the North American plate. The Pacific plate is slowly moving towards northwest, more or less two inches a year, occasionally making a more dramatic move such as the one that occurred in 1906. At that time, the Point Reyes Peninsula moved all of 20 feet northwestward. The best place in Point Reyes National Seashore to actually see the San Andreas Fault Zone is the Earthquake Trail, near the Bear Valley Visitor Center.

1 Bear Valley Rd, Point Reyes Station, California 94956, Phone: 415-464-5100, Map

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