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VerifiedDecember 15, 2023 Stayed at: 011, Loop: Sky
Had the entire campground to myself, great view from #11! Cold and breezy, just fine!
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Point Reyes National Seashore Campground offers a beautiful and immersive natural experience, with numerous wildlife sightings and well-maintained facilities, including clean pit toilets and potable water. Campers appreciate the stunning scenery, proximity to the beach, and the variety of hiking trails available. While some sites may have maintenance issues and odor concerns, many visitors express a strong desire to return, highlighting the campground's magical atmosphere and excellent overall experience.
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December 15, 2023 Stayed at: 011, Loop: Sky
Had the entire campground to myself, great view from #11! Cold and breezy, just fine!
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December 22, 2023 Stayed at: 001, Loop: Coast
Wonderful trails--well laid-out and maintained, highly scenic.
Campsites were nice with picnic table, water spigot, outhouse, bear boxes and trash receptacles.
Very comfortable.
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December 26, 2023 Stayed at: 011, Loop: Coast
We went during a rainstorm, which ended up being so so fun. We stayed in site 11 which has moderate cover from the wind which helped are tents stay up in the night . For what it was, it worked really well. Bathroom is just a toilet with a bottomless hole with a water spout 30 ft away. Nice cement tables and new (as of dec 2023) food lockers. I don’t know how useful this is but it didn’t flood and there were not trees to fall down on us during the crazy storm. We had two 2-person tents and they fit pretty nicely in the space (they were close though, I could hear all the rustling from the other tent). All and all good experiences. Would definitely check it out
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December 28, 2023 Stayed at: 002, Loop: Glen
Pretty nice and clean campgrounds, beautiful location!
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January 3, 2024 Stayed at: 002 GROUP, Loop: Sky
Great for bikepacking! We arrived after dark and had to ask other campers where the water spigot was because it wasn't immediately obvious but otherwise had a great time.
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January 4, 2024 Stayed at: 004, Loop: Sky
We had a fantastic experience camping at Sky Camp. This was one of the most beautiful campsites I have ever visited. We stayed in #4 and had the most beautiful views of the ocean. Easy hike in, with many more hike options once you arrive, and longer routes to arrive. Went on NYE and the temperature was moderate. There was an outhouse with toilet paper, trash and recycling bins, a bear box, and potable running water nearby.
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January 16, 2024 Stayed at: 005, Loop: Coast
Stayed two nights at Coast Camp #5 followed by two nights at WIldcat Camp #6. Beautiful trip. Cold winter evenings are fine with lots of wool and down layers! One big rain and wind day at Wildcat. Bear box latches in sites are now so stiff (rusty?) that they're very hard to open and close, even the newer ones at Coast. (Wildcat's new bear boxes are about to be installed, currently all in a pile near the bathrooms). Had to put a medium-size stone up inside the latch cover and push IT against the latch mechanism. Large guy-hands might do ok.
Amazing high and low tides because January + new moon! Luckily this time the low-low tide was in afternoon rather than middle of night. So at Coast Camp I was able to get all the way to "Secret beach no. 2"! Requires a minus tide. From Sculptured Beach to SBno.1 climb up onto an outcrop (easy, almost steplike access), then around it to the cliffside, and then a trickier but short climb straight down a 'corner' notch to the sand. (On my way back, I couldn't climb back up the same way - shoes too slippery to hold on the first slanted foothold - but turns out to be an easy short climb up the nice curved shoulder of the outcrop, tons of handholds and footholds. That way is harder to see from above though, so would probably still use the straight notch for coming down.)
Then walk behind next outcrop and you have access (at low tide) to get through either a minus tide walk-thru arch or a higher crawl-through tunnel over to Secret Beach #1. Secret Beach #2 has the Hole-in-the-ceiling cave! Right there as soon as you get onto that 2nd beach (yet another arch-tunnel, then - only at a minus tide - you can get over some rough tidepool rocks to the beach). The cave has a lowish rock entrance but inside is a huge round interior in the soft cliff material open to sky! Awe-inspiring. Beautiful beach with great layered strata in cliffs. Leave enough time to get back before incoming tide blocks way.
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January 20, 2024 Stayed at: 002 GROUP, Loop: Sky
Group of middle schoolers went on a 3 day backpacking trip at Point Reyes, and it was amazing. It was cold, rainy, windy, muddy but was totally amazing. Sky and Coast group campsites were really great with vault toilet, potable water, picnic tables bear bins, and had plenty of flat durable and tentable areas to accommodate our 8 tents. Hiking trails were all well maintained and clearly marked. The sunset and tidepools at the beach near Coast camp were wonderful, and the stars, oh my the stars, in the post-rain clear early morning sky were amazing too. So aside from braving the bad weather, our backpacking experience was memorable, and we will certainly be back in a few months to explore more of Point Reyes.
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January 22, 2024 Stayed at: 007, Loop: Coast
We went for a two night winter backpack trip. Started at Laguna trail head and first night at Coast Camp (#7) and then second day hiked to Sky Camp (#3). It was wonderful and although we did part of the trip over MLK (Sun-Tue), the trails were never super busy. This was a wonderful, easy mileage great get-away. Campsites were perfect and restrooms as clean as expected (for vault toilets).
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January 24, 2024 Stayed at: 007, Loop: Wildcat
Enjoyed Wildcat beach for the first time. Very clear area, and the sound of the ocean was nice.
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1 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 United States
Elevation: 29 ft
Point Reyes is located approximately 50 mi north of San Francisco and can be approached either northbound or southbound via Highway 101 and Exit 450A/B Sir Francis Drake Highway. Visitors can also reach the park via the longer and winding scenic ...
Point Reyes is located approximately 50 mi north of San Francisco and can be approached either northbound or southbound via Highway 101 and Exit 450A/B Sir Francis Drake Highway. Visitors can also reach the park via the longer and winding scenic Highway 1 or the Point Reyes-Petaluma Road.
Public transportation to the Bear Valley Visitor Center from San Rafael along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard is available through the West Marin Stagecoach .
Directions http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/directions.htm for the quickest routes to Point Reyes National Seashore's Bear Valley Visitor Center.
Bear Valley Visitor Center GPS:
Latitude: North 38 degrees, 2 minutes and 27 seconds. Longitude: West 122 degrees, 48 Minutes and 1 second.
Point Reyes National Seashore Campground is accessible via Highway 101, with the nearest interchange at Exit 450A/B for Sir Francis Drake Highway. Additionally, visitors can approach via Highway 1 and Point Reyes-Petaluma Road.
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Last updated: November 2, 2026