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Point Reyes Hill–Bayview Trail, 4 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Point Reyes National Seashore near Inverness Park, CA. The route reaches Point Reyes Hill at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 2,167 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 1,322 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bayview Trailhead 38.05942, -122.85047
Nearest town Inverness Park, CA

Directions

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Point Reyes Hill–Bayview Trail, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 2,167 ft · 4 hr 15 min

Elevation 151–1,323 ft

Out & Back · Point Reyes National Seashore

Trailhead: Bayview Trailhead · 38.05942, -122.85047

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bayview Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.6 miSharp right onto Inverness Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  3. 3.2 miReach Point Reyes Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 3.2 miSharp left onto Bayview Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM — 6 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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