The Point Reyes National Seashore protects around 100 square miles, so these hikes only touch the surface; there is plenty more to explore once you have ticked these off your hiking list.

A ranch hand moves dairy cattle in for afternoon milking at Spaletta Dairy at Point Reyes National Seashore, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) Go here to read our series ...

Congress has never made dairies or ranching a purpose of the national seashore, nor has it ever suggested their occupation ...

Jackie Grossi lives with her family in a rambling ranch house at the end of a narrow road in Marin County. The view out the window of the house is of rolling hills, bright green in winter. Over one ...

Bitterness remains acute in western Marin following a confidential deal to close a dozen ranches or dairies in the Point ...

A historic agreement has just been struck to settle a decades-long land-use conflict over the future of cattle and wildlife on Point Reyes National ...

Point Reyes is often at a bitter divide between environmentalism and human heritage. Now, in 2026, nearly all the ranches on ...

Thanks to a decade of unflagging work by the Center and allies, two lawsuits, and tens of thousands of comments by Center supporters, the majestic and long embattled tule elk of Point Reyes National ...

Nearly all the ranches will give up their leases in exchange for money, ending an agricultural era that began long before the ...