Point Reyes is located on the peninsula of the same name a short distance on the coast north of San Francisco, California. The park serves as a marine and wildlife preserve as well as to maintain the Point Reyes lighthouse and lifeboat station, both also within the park.

The Point Reyes peninsula is separated from the rest of the continent by a major rift zone of the San Andreas fault, half of which is sunken below sea level and forms Tomales Bay in the northern section of the park. California state highway 1 travels along almost the entire length of the eastside of Tomales Bay, enters the park at Point Reyes Station and then continues southeasterly along this rift valley until it comes to Bolinas Lagoon where it departs the rift valley and travels along shoreline highway to Stinson Beach and eventually San Francisco.

Point Reyes has an excellent system of hiking trails, and has a good size heard of Tule Elk, home to many shore birds, raptors and visits by the gray whales as they migrate south in January or north in March. The national seashore includes areas of wild coastal beaches, headlands, estuaries, and uplands.

The flora is very diverse from inland large forests of Douglas fir (some over 300 years old), coast live oak, Bishop pin, marshlands, grasslands, and beach flora including the ice plant, sea fig, sea rocket and many others.

Coordinates: 38.066667, -122.883333