Point Reyes Station, California
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State Route 1 runs through Point Reyes Station
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 Location in Marin County and the state of California |
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 Point Reyes Station
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| Coordinates: 38°04′09″N 122°48′25″W / 38.06917°N 122.80694°WCoordinates: 38°04′09″N 122°48′25″W / 38.06917°N 122.80694°W | |
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 United States
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 California
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| County | Marin |
| Government | |
| • County Board | District 4 Steve Kinsey |
| • State Senator | Mike McGuire (D) |
| • Assemblymember | Marc Levine (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Jared Huffman (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.616 sq mi (9.364 km2) |
| • Land | 3.616 sq mi (9.364 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 848 |
| • Density | 230/sq mi (91/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 94956 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
| FIPS code | 06-57960 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1659413 |
Point Reyes Station (formerly, Marin and Olema Station) is a small unincorporated town located in western Marin County, California. Point Reyes Station is located 13 miles (21 km) south-southeast of Tomales, at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m). Point Reyes Station is located along State Route 1 and is a gateway to the Point Reyes National Seashore, an extremely popular national preserve. About 350 people live in the town. It is also the name of a census-designated place in northern California covering the unincorporated town and surrounding countryside, with a total CDP population of 848.
Point Reyes Station is located at 38°04′09″N 122°48′25″W / 38.06917°N 122.80694°W, just south and east of the southern end of Tomales Bay, and slightly east of the San Andreas Fault just before the fault submerges down the center of Tomales Bay.
Formerly an actual port and railway terminus, Point Reyes Station, CA nominally borders Tomales Bay; the introduction of European cattle and planting of European grass seed on the natural hills caused destructive erosion and a combination of small dirt dams, silting, and intentional landfill for farming raised the level of former salt marshes and has left Point Reyes Station approximately 0.8-mile (1.3 km) from the nearest tidal flats, and that after expenditure of millions of dollars and recent efforts for reclamation of the natural environment.
The CDP has a total area of 3.62 sq mi (9.4 km2), all land.
Once land of the Coast Miwok Indians, Point Reyes Station gets its name from the nearby Point Reyes Peninsula (a major peninsula sticking out into the Pacific Ocean) and its status as a terminus stop on the North Pacific Coast Railroad connecting Cazadero to the Sausalito ferry.
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