Go left on the Drakes View Trail 2 miles up to the Inverness Ridge Trail. Take the Bayview (Drakes View) trail east. Take the rolling Inverness Ridge Trail north 2.6 miles to Point Reyes Hill with about a 900' gain.ĭrakes View Trail: Continue on Limantour Road another 1.8 miles past the Bayview Trailhead parking and turn right. Follow This road 1.7 miles to the top and park on the right at the Bayview Trailhead. For views to the east go to the left side of the summit area.īayview Trailhead/Inverness Ridge from the south: From just south of Point Reyes Station on Sir Francis Drake Highway go west. There is a bench where you can sit and enjoy the view. Hike the road a half mile south to the top of Point Reyes Hill.įor views out to Point Reyes go to the right by the fence surrounding the radio range station to the top of the Bucklin Trail. Follow this switchback road up 3.7 miles to a gated parking area. Go left at the fork 1 mile to a paved road on the left. The road curves left up to a fork where it branches right to Tomales Point. Go north 5.7 miles along the west coast of Tomales Bay through Inverness. Point Reyes from Point Reyes Hill Drive up from the north: On Sir Francis Drake Highway just south of Point Reyes Station go west. Tamalpais is visible on the southeast horizon as well as Mt. Tomales Bay and the numerous hills of west Marin County are to the east. To the west is Point Reyes, Drakes Estuary and Drakes Bay. Wittenberg, Point Reyes Hill is not grown over with trees and has the best views on the Inverness Ridge. You can drive almost all the way to the top from the north or you can make a pleasant hike along Inverness Ridge from the south, or a few trails coming up from the west. The summit itself is a big flat plane with a radio range station on it. Being on the coast the Inverness Ridge is thickly covered with pine forests and chaparral due to the abundance of moisture it recieves. This is a wonderfully remote area with good hiking trails. Wittenberg the highest) on the northern part of the Inverness Ridge along the California coast within the Point Reyes National Seashore. from Point Reyes HillPoint Reyes Hill is the second highest mountain ( Mt.
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