A partnership between the University of California and the National Park Service, Point Reyes Field Station is situated in a historic ranch house in Point Reyes National Seashore. Located six miles south of Olema, California, the field station is ideal for both day use and overnight class visits, research groups and collaborations, retreats, and field station projects.
Point Reyes Field Station enables access to more than 100,000 acres of diverse biological, cultural, and historic resources within Point Reyes National Seashore and nearby open space lands, including the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Mount Tamalpais and Samuel P. Taylor State Parks, Marin Municipal Water District, several Marin County Open Space areas, Audubon Canyon Ranch, and Muir Woods National Monument.
The station provides researchers with overnight accommodations, day use meeting space, an office, wifi internet access, full kitchen, bathrooms, and one shower. Sleeping accommodations include eight bunk beds in two downstairs bedrooms, a double bed in a provide upstairs bedroom, and camping adjacent to the ranch house with room for about 25 two-person tents.
The refurbished 1915 field station building is part of the Olema Valley Dairy Ranches Historic District and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Contact Information
Allison Kidder, Reserve Manager
Point Reyes Field Station
3040 Valley Life Sciences Building, #3140
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
kidder@berkeley.edu
Website
Faculty Director
Professor David Ackerly
Approx. six miles south of Olema, CA on Hwy 1. Coordinates: 37° 58′ 17.0″ N 122°43′ 46.1″ W
Facilities
Reserve is located in a historic 3,000 square foot ranch house within Point Reyes National Seashore. It offers day use meeting space, wifi, kitchen, picnic tables, and office as well as overnight accommodations, which include 8 bunk beds in two bedrooms downstairs, one double bed in a private upstairs bedroom, and a campground immediately south of the house large enough for 20-25 two person tents. Overnight users (including people camping) have 24/7 access to all facilities.
Personnel
Part-time offsite Reserve Manager and Faculty Director
Elevation
Elevation ranges from sea level to 429 m (1,407 ft) at the top of Mount Wittenberg in Point Reyes National Seashore and 792 m (2,576 ft) at the top of Mount Tamalpais in Mount Tamalpais State Park.
Average Precipitation
Point Reyes National Seashore January 2006 – December 2015: 73.5 cm (28.8 in)
Average Temperatures
Average high is 19 ºC (67 ºF), can reach 38 ºC (100 ºF)
Average low is 7 ºC (46ºF), can drop to -4 ºC (25 ºF)