Day One

Leave SF by 10 AM and swing by Brickmaiden Breads for lunch

• Located at 40 4th Street in Point Reyes Station
• Locals love their scones, sandwiches, anything baked, really.
• They're open Thursdays to Sundays · 8 AM to 2 PM
• Last pit stop · Point Reyes Station - 11401 CA-1 in Point Reyes Station

Drive to Five Brooks trailhead and begin your backcountry adventure

• Display a copy of your campsite reservation on car dash.
  It's a 5-mile hike with about 1,950 ft. of elevation through coastal woodlands to reach camp.
• Hike for about a mile on Stewart Trail
• Bear right onto Greenpicker Trail and hike for 2 miles
• Reach Fir Top and take Stewart Trail again for 0.3 miles downhill
• At the junction, take Greenpicker Trail again for 1 mile until you reach Glen Camp Loop
• Follow Glen Camp Loop Trail downhill for 0.7 miles to camp

Settle in and set up camp

• Treat yo' self to a late-afternoon snack. Prep dinner, dessert, and enjoy an evening of relaxing and stargazing. You made it!

Car to camp: 5 miles - 1,950 feet of elevation gain - 3 to 4 hours

JFK anointed Point Reyes National Seashore as public land in 1962. It's the only national seashore on the west coast. NBD.

Day Two

Make brunch and prep for a day hike to Wildcat Beach

• Pack a daypack with food, sunscreen, jacket, water filter and top off your water supply.
• It's a moderate 6-mile round-trip hike, with 1,300 ft. of elevation, to one of PRNS's longest and widest beaches.
• Once you arrive, enjoy an afternoon picnic with oceanside views.

Of if you're feeling ambitious, keep hiking to Alamere Falls

• From Wildcat Beach it's another 3.2 mile roundtrip hike, with 670 feet of elevation, to Alamere Falls.
• Take Ocean Lake Loop and Coast Trail for 1.6 miles to reach the falls.
• The falls may be dry in late-summer, but you'll still be rewarded with panoramic ocean views.

Return to camp and unwind

• Prep a delicious meal and warm up with your favorite hot bevvie.
• Soak up your last night in Point Reyes!

Coast Miwok Indians were the first inhabitants on the Peninsula 5,000 years ago. 120+ known village sites exist within the park

DAY THREE

Cook up brekkie, pack up, and pack out before noon

• Load up your backpack, snacks, and refill your water supply for the return hike
• Clean up around camp, and throw away any random pieces of litter

Trek back to Five Brooks Trailhead

• Take Glen Camp Loop to Greenpicker Trail
• At the junction, take Stewart Trail for 0.3 miles
• Veer left to take Greenpicker Trail again for 2 miles
• From Greenpicker, take Stewart Trail back to the parking lot

Head home!

Camp to car: 5 miles - 1,950 feet of elevation gain - 3 to 4 hours

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Spanish explorers named the headlands after religious figures. "La Punta de los Reyes" means the Point of the Kings