Virtual Guidebook to Marin and the North Bay Counties
Drakes Estero
Point Reyes National Seashore California

Drakes Estero is the shallow four-armed expanse of water behind the barrier beach at Drakes Bay. These are drowned stream valleys, separated by rolling pasturelands, flushed twice daily by the tides, teeming with aquatic life. A few trails run out to its shore, but they aren't really necessary, you can walk anywhere in the open grassland.

One arm has traditionally been used for commercial oyster farming.