The Bear Valley Visitor Center
Before exploring the Point Reyes National Seashore, a visit to the Bear Valley Visitors Center is in order. The Center provides an orientation to the park’s roads, trails and general history. It also offers ecological and historical exhibits including a seismograph, weather station and auditorium for films and educational programs.
Point Reyes National Seashore, California - Bear Valley Trail
Point Reyes National Seashore, California - Bear Valley Trail
Earthquake trail Bear Valley Visitor Center Ranger Talk Birds of Prey Point Reyes National Seashore
Join us on the Earthquake trail in Point Reyes National Seashore on a NPS ranger led talk on birds of prey found in and around bay area. Also see firsthand the San Andreas Fault and its impact on the Park.
Kenneth C Patrick Visitor center Drakes Beach Point Reyes National Seashore California
Come along to Kenneth C Patrick Visitor center at Point Reyes National Seashore. See the ancient whale fossils of Bay Area. Follow the course of the Golden Hind, silk and spice laden ship navigated by seafarer Sir Francis Drake and his brief stopover at DrakesBay. And in the Drakes Beach video find out why Francis Drake called the Pt Reyes Peninsula as Nova Albion. Like, comment and subscribe if you enjoyed the video. Thanks!
Snake - Bear Valley trail - Point Reyes National Seashore
Snake - Bear Valley trail - Point Reyes National Seashore
Backpacking Point Reyes - Bear Valley Trail, Arch Rock, Wildcat Campground
This was my very first visit to Point Reyes National Seashore, and I couldn't be happier with my adventure! The short story is that I went for a solo overnight backpacking trip starting from the Bear Valley Visitor Center, first visiting Arch Rock, and finally to Wildcat Campground for the night.
Trip details can be found here:
Point Reyes Hike Nov 24, 2017 2 deer
While hiking in Point Reyes on the Rift Zone trail just pass the part owned by the Retreat Center, about a mile from Bear Valley Visitor Center, two deer crossed the path. I quickly turned on the film to my camera and captured this short video. I like the way they pause on the path and look at you.This was taken at about 2:30 PM.
Bear Valley Trailhead to Sculptured Beach Point Reyes
Travesia de Bear Valley Trailhead a Sculptured Beach. Estos fueron los senderos que tomamos para hacer dicha travesía: 1. Bear Valley Trail, 2. Mount Wittenberg, 3. Z Ranch Trail, 4. Sky Trail, 5. Laguna Trail, 6. Fire Lane Trail y después llegamos a Sculptured Beach. De ahí tomamos el camino de regreso por los siguientes senderos: 7. Woodward Valley Trail, 8. Meadow Trail y finalmente 9. Bear Valley Trail para llegar de regreso a Bear Valley Visitor Center. Fueron aproximadamente 20 millas el recorrido total. All songs used in this video belong to their rightful owners. I do not pretend or intent to own any of the copyrights of any of these songs. The map used in this video is taken directly from Google Earth and it is owned by Google. All the content mentioned above is solely used with the purpose of entertaining.
Drake's Estero - Point Reyes National Seashore
This is Drake's Estero, which is a is an estuary in the Point Reyes National Seashore of Marin County on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States.This was recorded with a DJi Osmo.
Drakes Estero has been designated as the most probable landing spot of Francis Drake on the coast of North America in 1579 during his circumnavigation of the world and has been established as a National Historic Landmark.[13][14] A historical marker has been placed on Drakes Beach near the Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center and monuments to Drake have been erected at the Drake's Cove landing site. The Drake landing is interpreted at the Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center and the Point Reyes National Seashore's Bear Valley Visitor Center.
Drakes Estero is a component of the Phillip Burton Wilderness.
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
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Marin County - Bear Valley Hike
There’s much to see & do in & around the Bear Valley Visitor Center before the hike. The Bear Valley Trail begins at the Visitor Center & ranks as one of the most popular trails in Point Reyes NS. It gently climbs up one shady valley & descends down another to the coast. Beautiful streams run beside the trail. Hikers break out into sunshine at the coast. Scenic Kelham Beach with its waterfall is the perfect place to spend time before returning to the Visitor Center.
Two Days Backpacking Point Reyes National Seashore
I spent two days and one-night backpacking at Point Reyes National Seashore, in April of 2106.
DAY 1 - 9.5 miles, +1149’
I headed out on Friday morning to get in line at the Bear Valley Visitor Center before they opened. I was hopeful for a walk-up camping reservation/backpacking permit. It was my intention to try to hike for three days and camp for two nights. I was able to get one night of camping at Wildcat Camp. This is on the coast of the Southern sector of Point Reyes National Seashore. The southern sector is also known as the Phillip Burton Wilderness.
After securing my backpacking permit, and being talked into a beach campfire permit by the ranger on duty, I headed down the Bear Valley Trail. A wide fire road with gentle slopes and heavy tree cover. For most of the 3 miles, a creek meanders beside and crisscrossing the road.
At the 3 mile mark, I took the Glen Trail west, and the terrain immediately changed. The wide fire road gave way to narrow overgrown single-single track with a steady upslope. After 1.3 miles, this stinging nettle lined trail summits at close to 800 ft ASL where it meets the Coast Trail. I followed this trail South along the coast on the high bluff for another 2.5 miles to Wildcat Camp.
Wildcat camp is like a corn maze, but seven-foot high wild mustard. It took me a few minutes to find my assigned camp in the maze but eventually found my site. It had a food locker, a picnic table, and a charcoal grill. The campground hand well-maintained vault toilets, trash cans, and potable, although unpleasant tasting water.
It was late afternoon when I arrived so I set up camp, ate lunch, and then headed south on the beach for a 2.5 mile round trip to Alamere Falls. The beauty of the seasonal falls was well worth the side hike.
I got back to Wildcat beach and enjoyed a small fire before returning to my camp for dinner and turning in for the night.
Day 2 - 17.7 miles, +2649’
I woke up before the sun, had breakfast and broke camp early. I had made a tentative plan for my hike for the day.
I headed back up the trail to the bluff to the Ocean Lake Loop south 1.4 miles to catch the Coast Trail again. This is a beautiful, lush section of trail that passes Wildcat Lake and Ocean Lake. Just a half-mile further and I reached the unmarked upper Alamere Falls spur. This is a densely overgrown 1-mile round trip to see the upper side of the falls. A cliff scramble from here could take you down to the beach, although it's not recommended.
I had intended to take the Crystal Lake Trail East shortly after getting back on the Coast Trail but found it was closed. It does not appear that there is any longer access to Crystal Lake. So I continued south for 1.4 miles Past spectacular views of Pelican Lake and Bass Lake, then I found the Lake Ranch Trail, which I took East into the Heart of the Phillip Burton Wilderness. This trail is 3 miles of steady uphill over very overgrown single-track with a constant barrage of stinging nettles. I lost count after thirty painful stings. But I don’t regret taking this trail. It is truly remote, with many different eco-zones. And even on a very busy weekend I only encountered one other hiking pair on this trail. The wildflowers on this trail were spectacular.
The Lake Ranch Trail gives way to the Ridge Trail. Which true to its name follows the ridge until coming around a 1300 foot peak named Firtop. This area is aptly named as it is beautiful towering Douglas Fir forest. This section of the Ridge Trail is about 1.4 miles until it crosses the Stewart Trail and becomes Greenpicker Trail.
Now it was time to descend. The Greenpicker trail is more heavily used and therefore more maintained. With gravel patches and occasional stairs. It is a steep descent through still heavy fir and occasional bay. In a few areas, the heavy woods give way for spectacular views of the valley near Olema. In 2.5 Miles Greenpicker Trail joined the Stewart fire road. That takes you the final mile to Horse Camp and The Rift Zone trail.
This was the most difficult part of the day for me. I was at 13 miles in and realized I had over 4 miles to go to reach my car. I had planned on pushing myself, however, this would be 5 miles more than I had hiked in recent memory and with a full pack.
The remainder of the trip was along the Rift Zone Trail. This is a gentle meander through woods and meadows at about 250 feet elevation. It is apparently a trail easement across a private religious retreat, and they post a great deal of signage to remind you. At the 16 mile mark, I had to cross a half-mile pasture of beef cattle, an odd thing on a Hindu retreat. Twice I was charged by aggressive cows, which I reported the next day to the rangers.
The sense of accomplishment I felt at finishing this trip, over 17 miles in one day and more than 26 in two days was overwhelming and I broke down for a min in my car.
Hiking Point Reyes - Estero Trail
January 12th, 2019
Location : Inverness ,California
Trailhead: Estero Trailhead ( 20 min from Bear Valley visitor center)
From Bear Valley Visitor center, head North 0.2 miles to Bear Valley RD.
Turn left and follow Bear Valley rd 1.75 miles to Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Turn left and follow sir Francis Drake Blvd and 7.6 miles Northwest to the Estro Trailhead rd.
Total Distance: 14.5 miles
Duration : 6 hours
Estro trail- White Gate- trail- Muddy Hollow trail- Glen brook trail - Drakes head trail- Estro trail
There are no loop hikes available from trailhead, just moderate to long out and back trips.
The route provides Drop-dead gorgeous views of a lagoon, coastal foolhills and ocean.
The California Earthquake Trail in Point Reyes
A tour of The Earthquake Trail in Point Reyes, California.
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Backpacking Along California's Point Reyes National Seashore
Boys' Life magazine's photography director joined Troop 606 from Irvine, California, on a spectacular backpacking trek along Point Reyes National Seashore in northern California.
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Farewell To Point Reyes
An epic voyage through point Reyes National Seashore with hikers: Ryan, Mario and Laura. This was a three day twenty mile hike starting at Palomarin and hiking to Wildcat camp for the first night. The second day hike lead us to Sky camp for the night. In the morning we headed out to end at the Bear Valley Visitor Center.
The Music is by Apocalyptica and the song is titled Farewell
unfortunately my video editing software had a little glitch after one of my saves and I was unable to catch it until I had put a lot of time in on this video. The audio is a little off and I am still unable to fix this due to reformatting my computer :(
Point Reyes National Seashore | Wikipedia audio article
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Point Reyes National Seashore
00:00:43 1 Description
00:03:46 2 Marine Protected Areas
00:04:11 3 Drakes Estero oyster farm closure
00:07:06 4 Hiking
00:09:18 5 Flora
00:11:27 6 Gallery
00:11:36 7 See also
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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. 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. All of the park's beaches were listed as the cleanest in the state in 2010.
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