Point Reyes National Seashore is an underrated gem just outside San Francisco. ... Visitors can trek down 313 stairs to the lighthouse for a gorgeous, unobstructed ocean view, ...

Unplug at Point Reyes National Seashore, home to a famous lighthouse, pristine beaches, ... walked nearly 700 stairs in a round-trip journey to and from the famous lighthouse, ...

The Point Reyes National Seashore protects around 100 square miles, ... This part of California is prone to fog and winds, ...

The original Point Reyes Life-Saving Station (1889-1927) ... winds “have been clocked at 133 miles per hour. We close the [visitor] stairs at 40 miles per hour because you can barely stand in that ...

The newly restored Point Reyes Lighthouse is seen from below in Point Reyes, Calif. Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Jessica Christian/The Chronicle Another shot of the lighthouse before restoration.

Terry Richard, The OregonianA herd of tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore. Terry Richard, The OregonianA giant egret at Point Reyes. I had just pitched a tent at Sky camp and was headed to ...

POINT REYES STATION — I knew it when we passed the Buddha barn on Point ... The nice walk to the edge of the lighthouse required hiking up and down stairs the equivalent of a 30-story ...

Point Reyes National Seashore, 50 miles north of San Francisco, does not fit that image. ... winds “have been clocked at 133 miles per hour. We close the [visitor] stairs at 40 miles per hour because ...

In the early aughties, we often took our two older children — toddlers back then — on the Bear Valley Trail in Point Reyes. On a couple of occasions when (nap)time allowed, we went as far as ...