Limantour Beach
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Description
A long, narrow spit of sand, bound between Drakes Bay and an estuary, Limantour Beach is a bountiful wildlife area.
Scores of shorebirds feed in the wetlands and along the beaches during the fall. Ducks abound in winter at old, freshwater stock ponds created during the peninsula's ranching era. Harbor seals are often seen bobbing offshore in the gentle waves or basking in the sun's warmth. Mother gray whales guide their calves along the shoreline during the spring.
Dogs are allowed on a 1.8-meter (6-foot) leash on the southeast end of this beach. Dogs are not permitted to the northwest as this area is protected habitat for harbor seals and the endangered snowy plover.
Short Walk: A short (20 to 30-minute) drive from the Bear Valley Visitor Center.
Gem Type: Viewpoint
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Tomales Point Trail
Inverness, CA
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All Clear
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Dry - overgrown fur the last ~1.5 miles and very windy. great view from the point.
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Palomarin to Alamere Falls Out and Back
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Mount Wittenberg and Bear Valley Loop
Inverness, CA
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Inverness, CA |
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Dry - parts of trail are very overgrown but park service is actively working on cutting it down. very warm day.
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Inverness, CA |
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Inverness, CA
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Inverness, CA |
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Bay Area Ridge Trail: Samuel P. Taylor SP to White Hill OS Pre…
Bolinas, CA
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Bolinas, CA |
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Inverness, CA |
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Candelero Trail (Wiggler)
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Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA
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Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA |
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