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Point Reyes National Seashore Camping
Open All Year
Point Reyes offers backpackers four hike-in campgrounds from which to choose. Boat-in camping is allowed on national seashore beaches on the west side of Tomales Bay, beginning north of Indian Beach in Tomales Bay State Park. There is no car camping at Point Reyes National Seashore. Dogs are not allowed on any trails or in the designated campgrounds.
Open All Year
Campsites may be reserved up to three months (to the day) in advance. Reservations by phone are not accepted at any other time. You may make reservations in person 7 days a week at the Bear Valley Visitor Center. You may also fax your reservation using our form at http://www.nps.gov/pore/activ_camp_fax.htm and fax number: (415) 464-5149. Weekends and holidays fill up quickly, especially group sites.
A credit card is required for phone reservations. Payment is due at the time the reservation is made. There are no refunds given for weather, illness, etc. Once the payment has been made, a campsite is guaranteed for your stay. However, a permit must still be picked up before beginning your trip. Those arriving after the visitor center has closed (usually after 5 pm), should look for their permit in the after hours box on the information board in front of the building.
Open All Year
Point Reyes offers backpackers four campgrounds from which to choose. (There is no car camping at Point Reyes National Seashore. Dogs are not allowed on any trail or in the designated campgrounds.) Each campsite has a picnic table, food storage locker and a charcoal brazier. (Only charcoal may be burned in the grill, not wood.) Each campground has pit toilets and a water faucet. Water may need to be treated using iodine tablets, boiling for one minute or filtering with a commercial filter. Do not drink water from streams without treating.
Open All Year
BOAT-IN CAMPING ONLY (no hiking). No dogs allowed. Boat-in camping is allowed on national seashore beaches on the west side of Tomales Bay, beginning north of Indian Beach in Tomales Bay State Park. Disposing of human waste in the bay or onto park beaches is prohibited, so campers must bring portable facilities or limit camping to Marshall Beach or Tomales Beach, where pit toilets are available. There is no potable water available. There are seasonal closures on some beaches. Check with the seashore reservation office for updates.
Open All Year
Backpack or bicycle only. No dogs allowed. Coast Camp is nestled within a small coastal valley with easy access to the beach and tidepools. It includes one of the easiest hikes of all routes to Point Reyes campgrounds. The shortest hike to this camp is 1.8 miles. The beach is within easy access from the camp.
Open All Year
Backpack or bicycle only. No groups, horses or pack animals allowed. No dogs allowed. Glen Camp is a quiet and secluded camp deep within the Douglas fir forest. The shortest hike to this camp is a moderate 4.6 miles by foot or bicycle. It is a 2.5 mile strenuous hike to the beach.
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Backpack or bicycle only. No dogs allowed. Sky Camp lies on the western slope of Mt. Wittenberg overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In clear weather, this area has wonderful ocean views. The shortest hike for this camp is 1.3 miles on foot or bicycle. It is a 4.5 mile moderately strenuous to hike to the beach.
Open All Year
Backpack or bicycle only. No dogs allowed. Wildcat Camp is located on the coast near the the southern end of the Seashore. The shortest hiking route is a moderate 5.5 mile hike along the Coast Trail from Palomarin. The only biking route is 6.7 miles from Five Brooks on the strenuous Stewart Trail. The beach is a short walk from camp.
Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock in the midcoast region, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and Machias Seal Island and Petit Manan Island off the downeast coast provide habitat for more than 4,000 puffins each summer.