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The trip described here is a guided tour by the Blue Waters Sea Kayaking Program, out of Inverness. Putting in from Chicken Ranch Beach, our destination highlight is a potluck lunch and seminar on the
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Inverness
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 5.5 miles
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The late Roger Tory Peterson, for much of his long life the world’s foremost bird guidebook author and illustrator, named Bolinas Lagoon in his “hot list” of the ten best places for bird watching in N
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Bolinas
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 8 miles
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A bird-watcher’s dream, this shallow, salt marsh lagoon at the wild southern edge of Point Reyes National Seashore is simple to paddle at high tide, when much of its 2-mile length is accessible. At lo
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Bolinas
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 4 miles
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With its access to numerous flatwater day trips as well as overnight camping on the Point Reyes National Seashore, Central Tomales Bay is a favorite choice of local paddlers. As you paddle from Invern
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San Rafael
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 15 miles
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Drakes Bay was first called Bahia de los Reyes, “the Bay of The Kings,” just as Point Reyes was originally called La Punta de los Reyes. Then along came the Golden Hinde, with Sir Francis Drake in cha
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Inverness
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 10 miles
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Although Spanish explorer Don Sebastian Vizcaino named the massive headland here “Kings Point” because the day in 1603 that he first laid eyes on it was the Feast of the Three Kings, Point Reyes lives
... Related information:... From the guidebook Guide to Sea Kayaking in Central & Northern California
San Rafael
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 10 miles
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Point Reyes National Seashore surrounds this protected multi-fingered bay that is a wildlife watcher’s dream. Marine Mammal Protection Act applies. Miwok Indians once occupied Drakes Estero. They used
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Olema
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
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The four fingers of Drakes Estero and the double thumb of Limantour Estero form a 20-mile network of narrow bays that presses into the marshy center of Point Reyes National Seashore like a giant, defo
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San Rafael
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 20 miles
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The two esteros, with their five major bays, and the sea channel feeding them, form a magical spread of water contained in a pastoral setting of gently rolling hills. Cows, coyotes, and silver foxes r
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Inverness
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 15 miles
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Hearts Desire Beach is a park facility open from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M., with a $5 day/car fee. It is the most popular Tomales Bay beach in summer, with flush toilets and plenty of parking space. This is an
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Inverness
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 10 miles
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This small beach on the east shore, with its pebble-grit surface, is handily placed for setting out in any direction on the bay. It takes its name from the famous building on the hill behind it (out o
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Marshall
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 10 miles
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Millerton Park, with its Alan Sieroty Beach, is a delightfully sheltered spot from which to put in, or have a picnic at the tables provided, while watching the resident ospreys at their nest. At low t
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Olema
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 16 miles
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Nicks Cove is the nickname of Miller Park, the major public fishing access to Tomales Bay. Walker Creek is the second freshwater source for the bay, after Papermill Creek. Timed carefully with the tid
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Nicks Cove
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 9 miles
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With its proximity to Point Reyes National Seashore, Nicks Cove provides access to some of the finest paddling in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. A mile or so across the water from Nicks, Tomales
... Related information:... From the guidebook Guide to Sea Kayaking in Central & Northern California
San Rafael
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 15 miles
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This tidal creek is shallow, but navigable, and, for 2 miles, very safe for newcomers to kayaking and canoeing. Putting in at White House Pool in Papermill Creek, paddling to the creek’s delta—possibl
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Inverness
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 7.5 miles
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One of the premier open-coast camping trips in the state, the lower half of the Point Reyes National Seashore is a southerly version of Mendocino’s Lost Coast: a 20-mile stretch of roadless, uninhabit
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San Rafael
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 16 miles
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The well-protected first section of this trip winds along a creek at the northern edge of Olema Marsh, a dense alder-willow thicket providing one of the most diverse bird habitats in the area, where t
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San Rafael
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 8 miles
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Point Reyes National Seashore borders this long sheltered bay with easy access, surf free beaches, and boat-in camping. Marine Mammal Protection Act applies. Beautiful Tomales Bay is a great place to
... Related information:... From the guidebook Paddling Northern California
Olema
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CA
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Sea Kayaking
- 12 miles
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