On Sir Francis Drake Boulevard (County Route A109 at milepost 34.2) near North District Operations Center Road, on the right when traveling south.
The remaining antenna fields and buildings in front of you were established by two cutting-edge worldwide communications companies in 1931. American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) radio-telephone station KMI provided two-way voice services between . . . — — Map (db m102641) HM
On the rocks and ledges just below here you can often spot common murres. For a good view from this height, binoculars are helpful. If conditions are right you may hear the colony “moaning” as they huddle penguin-like on the rocks. . . . — — Map (db m63383) HM
Near Drake Beach Road south of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
In Commemoration of
the landing of Francis Drake
upon these shores June 17, 1579
This cross is erected by
The Sir Francis Drake Association
June 1906 — — Map (db m221787) HM
Near Drake's Beach Road 1 mile south of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
On August 5, 1973, U.S. Park Ranger Kenneth C. Patrick was fatally shot while patrolling Point Reyes National Seashore.
His service and sacrifice to the National Park Service and the people of this country will never be forgotten. — — Map (db m248795) HM
On Chimney Rock Road near Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
Since 1889, United States Life-Saving Service and Coast Guard crews have risked their lives to save shipwreck victims at Point Reyes. Brave crews of highly trained men struggled in some of the worst conditions in North America, sacrificing comfort, . . . — — Map (db m102689) HM
Point Reyes Light has guided and cautioned mariners along this hazardous coast for over 100 years. Built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1870, it came under management of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939. Resident personnel operated the station until . . . — — Map (db m63502) HM
On Sir Frances Drake Blvd., on the right when traveling west.
Point Reyes
Light Station
built 1870
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m890) HM
Near Chimney Rock Road near Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
The heyday of life-saving at Point Reyes is over, but this 1927 lifeboat station still stands alive with a history nearly lost along our coast. While the station preserves the last intact marine railway on the Pacific Coast, the history of ordinary . . . — — Map (db m102690) HM
On Sir Francis Drake Boulevard (County Route A109 at milepost 34.2) near North District Operations Center Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) wireless stations on the Point Reyes Peninsula were know as the "Wireless Giant of the Pacific." The station locations and cutting-edge wireless technology developed by the company under the leadership of . . . — — Map (db m102643) HM
The wife of a lighthouse keeper once planted a small garden nearby, but with no success. As soon as the carrots sprouted the wind blew them away. Few plants can face up to the ocean’s harsh influences.
On these fogbound, windblown rocks, . . . — — Map (db m63363) HM
On Chimney Rock Road near Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
No one knows how many cries for help went unanswered along this isolated coast. If shipwreck victims were not overcome by pounding surf, they would perish in a cold sea. But once the Life-Saving Station was established in 1889, victims of the coast . . . — — Map (db m102676) HM
