Mara’s guidebook
Favorite restaurants
Closed on Sunday. The perfect place to pick up a picnic on the way to the park. Great sandwiches and prepared local salads and soups. Try taco Tues, sushi Wed, thai Thurs for dinner. Usually fish and chips on the weekends. All very good.
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Inverness Park Market
12301 Sir Francis Drake BlvdClosed on Sunday. The perfect place to pick up a picnic on the way to the park. Great sandwiches and prepared local salads and soups. Try taco Tues, sushi Wed, thai Thurs for dinner. Usually fish and chips on the weekends. All very good.
Upscale neighborhood oyster bar and restaurant specializing in local, sustainable food. Usually open Friday through Sunday with lunch from 12-4 and a prix fixe dinner. Reservations are required for dinner. Perfect place for a celebration.
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Saltwater Oyster Depot
12781 Sir Francis Drake BlvdUpscale neighborhood oyster bar and restaurant specializing in local, sustainable food. Usually open Friday through Sunday with lunch from 12-4 and a prix fixe dinner. Reservations are required for dinner. Perfect place for a celebration.
Farm to table cafe in downtown Point Reyes. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Heated patio.
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Side Street Kitchen
60 4th StFarm to table cafe in downtown Point Reyes. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Heated patio.
Food scene
Due West
10005 CA-1Open every day for dinner from 4-9. Great food and cocktails.
A longstanding local favorite for pub style fare. Closed Wed and Thurs. Lovely patio. Great cocktails.
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Station House Cafe
11285 CA-1A longstanding local favorite for pub style fare. Closed Wed and Thurs. Lovely patio. Great cocktails.
Cafe Reyes
11101 CA-1Wood fired pizza. Closed Mon and Tues.
Favorite hikes
A beautiful, flat one mile hike to the lagoon and dunes and then beautiful beach walking in either direction for miles. Otters are often spotted in the lagoon and it's one of the best birding spots in Point Reyes.
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Abbotts Lagoon Trailhead
A beautiful, flat one mile hike to the lagoon and dunes and then beautiful beach walking in either direction for miles. Otters are often spotted in the lagoon and it's one of the best birding spots in Point Reyes.
Very popular trail with large tule elk herd. Beautiful coastal and Tomales Bay views. Approximately ten miles round trip if you hike to the point, but well worth hiking a shorter distance, too. Undulating hills. Nothing too steep.
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Tomales Point Trail
Pierce Point RoadVery popular trail with large tule elk herd. Beautiful coastal and Tomales Bay views. Approximately ten miles round trip if you hike to the point, but well worth hiking a shorter distance, too. Undulating hills. Nothing too steep.
Easy one mile hike to the estero; 8 miles roundtrip to Sunset Beach. Stunning estero views as you wind through grassland and cattle pastures. Some hills.
Estero Trail
Estero TrailEasy one mile hike to the estero; 8 miles roundtrip to Sunset Beach. Stunning estero views as you wind through grassland and cattle pastures. Some hills.
Beautiful flat, shady trail with seasonal creek. The start of many hikes of varying lengths; something for everyone.
Bear Valley Trailhead
Bear Valley Visitor Center Access RoadBeautiful flat, shady trail with seasonal creek. The start of many hikes of varying lengths; something for everyone.
Favorite beaches
Gorgeous south-facing beach that stretches for miles. Perfect place for a long beach walk and picnic.
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Limantour Beach
Gorgeous south-facing beach that stretches for miles. Perfect place for a long beach walk and picnic.
Elephant seal central from December through March. Beautiful beach any time of year.
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Drakes Beach
Elephant seal central from December through March. Beautiful beach any time of year.
Kehoe Beach Trailhead
Kehoe Beach TrailStunning beach that is also dog friendly. Easy 1/2 mile trail to the beach.