![]() ![]() Structures include a large milking shed, a school, and a barn containing a selection of iron equipment. The adjoining residence seems still to be inhabited, but the farm buildings are long disused though well preserved and open to inspection, most from the inside as well as out. Established in 1858, this was a particularly successful operation, and continued all the way until 1973. The trailhead at Tomales Point is reached by Pierce Point Road, forking north off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard near the high point of Inverness Ridge, descending into pastoral land on the west side of the peninsula, and passing through five historic (though still active) cattle ranches, designated M, H, I, K and J, before ending beside the white-painted, weather-worn buildings from a sixth - Pierce Point Ranch. ![]() The final 1.5 miles are officially unmaintained, overgrown and sandy, so some turn around here, while several minor summits before this provide other targets for shorter trips.Īlthough the foreground is largely unchanging on the whole trail, and the surroundings have little of interest beyond a few rocky outcrops and a fair selection of wildflowers, the hike as a whole is quite spectacular, especially on clear days, offering fantastic, elevated views over the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Tomales Bay and the mainland to the east - like walking across a high island, and there are very few other hikes in the state which offer a similar experience. Many people drive to this section of the national seashore, some to visit the adjacent ranch, which contains a selection of historic buildings and farming equipment, and some to walk the much shorter path to nearby McClures Beach, but the Tomales Point Trail is the main attraction, even though only about five percent of hikers continue all the way to the northern end. Flowers of eriophyllum staechadifolium on the bluffs ![]()
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