Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve – Inverness Ridge Saddle loop from Clem Miller Environmental Education Center

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Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve – Inverness Ridge Saddle loop from Clem Miller Environmental Education Center

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Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve – Inverness Ridge Saddle loop from Clem Miller Environmental Education Center

03:56

56.3km

960m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 23, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Phillip Burton Wilderness

Martinelli Ranch (GGNRA)

Point Reyes National Seashore

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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10.3 km

Bear Valley Visitor Center

Highlight • Rest Area

Excellent natural history museum about local wildlife, and great visitor information about exploring the large National Park covering the entire Point Reyes Peninsula and the adjacent coast; entirely free, no entrance fees.

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13.0 km

Entrance to Point Reyes National Seashore

Highlight • Rest Area

From Bear Valley road, Limantour road goes to a lovely sand beach, starting gently up the increasingly steep switchbacks over Inverness Ridge.

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16.1 km

Giacomini Wetlands lookout

Highlight • Viewpoint

Short trail to an overlook across Lagunitas Creek and the Giacomini Wetlands. A restoration project tries to protect the natural ecosystem affected by deforestation and agriculture that accelerated the siltation of Tomales Bay.

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17.9 km

Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve

Highlight • Natural

At the shallow end of Tomales Bay, essentially in line with the San Andreas Fault, wetlands form a key part of the ecosystem.

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19.4 km

Russian stilt house

Highlight • Structure

Intricately carved and decorated wooden house on stilts in the Tomales Bay off Inverness.

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22.3 km

Ridge Trailhead to Mt Vision | Pt Reyes National Seashore

Highlight • Trail

At the highest point of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, with the welcome sign for Point Reyes National Seashore, is a parking area and trailhead for an old gravel road lead up along the ridge to the Mount Vision Road

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31.9 km

North Beach access

Highlight • Beach

This should perhaps be called 'Middle Beach', as it is roughly in the middle of miles of straight undisturbed pacific beach lining the Point Reyes west shore. It probably got …

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41.4 km