Find the point.
The surest way to reach a human May through October is to call the office. Email is answered evenings, once the boats are in. In winter, Tuesday and Thursday office hours are real but bring patience — and if the answer is urgent and involves ice thickness, the answer is no.
Come to the end of the road.
From Point Reyes Station: north on Highway 1 twelve miles, right on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard through Farallon Cove (wave at the general store), then follow Birch Point Road two miles to its end. When the pavement turns to gravel you're close; when you can smell the lake you're here. Parking is the grass lot past the mailboxes — the lot by the office is for loading boats and unloading grandparents.
The surest way to reach a human May through October is to call the office. Email is answered evenings, once the boats are in. In winter, Tuesday and Thursday office hours are real but bring patience — and if the answer is urgent and involves ice thickness, the answer is no.
Notes from the point