Stay home if you are sick Plan Ahead — Some restrooms will be temporarily closed to keep up with cleaning schedules. Play It Safe — Find out what precautions you should take when exploring the outdoors, especially if this is your first time visiting the State Park System. Learn more at parks. Here is the guidance on face coverings for this park unit: Regardless of vaccination status, you are required to wear a face covering in public indoor settings.
Leave No Trace — Leave areas better than how you found them by staying on designated trails and packing out all trash. Do not disturb wildlife or plants. Dogs Allowed? View on Map. Online Reservations. The Marine Education Center features natural history exhibits and a bookstore offering educational items such as books, postcards and posters. Learn more about the Guided Walks here. Call or go online to learn more and purchase tickets.
Entrance to the reserve for a self-guided walk requires a free permit that can be obtained at the entrance station or the Marine Education Center. Permits are issued from a. The Spanish maritime explorer Sebastian Vizcaino sailed by this point on Jan. Today, the point remains much as Vizcaino saw it from his passing ship: lonely, undeveloped and wild. Elephant seals, sea lions and other marine mammals come ashore to rest, mate, and give birth in the sand dunes or on the beaches and offshore islands.
It is a unique and unforgettable natural spectacle that hundreds of thousands of people come to witness each year. Cliff Dr. Exhibits and Programs The park features the Marine Education Center boasting a natural history exhibit, bookstore and theater. Picnic Areas Picnic areas are first-come, first-serve. Skip to main content Skip to footer Weaned elephant seal pups. Photo by Kathleen M. Public Tours The California Department of Parks and Recreation coordinates limited guided tours of elephant seal breeding grounds on the mainland.
Selected Research Northern elephant seals: effects of low-frequency sound in the marine acoustic environment; geographic-reference behavior during migrations; buoyancy and swimming effort; predator-prey relationships with white sharks; and developmental physiology of pups during natural, prolonged fasts. Population monitoring of Steller sea lions. Conservation, demography, and food habits of rhinoceros auklets. A project enhances and restores the rhinoceros auklet population using nest boxes and ongoing monitoring.
Public Tours Public access to the island is not permitted, but tours of the mainland elephant seal colony are administered by California State Parks. Facilities Historic buildings provide limited dormitory, kitchen, and field lab space; electricity provided by diesel generator; no running water; observation blinds serve major pinniped areas.
Obtain your free Visitor Permit daily from the entrance station, between am and p. No reservations are required and no Guided Walks are offered. Visitors must exit the Natural Preserve by 5 p.
Please plan to arrive early enough to obtain a permit and make the three to four mile hike before 5 p. Most groups require about two and a half to three hours to make the round-trip hike. Small numbers of one to three year old juveniles haul out on remote beaches as part of their early development. Obtain your free permit from the entrance station, between am and p.
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