Place:Point Reyes Station, Marin, California, United States

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NamePoint Reyes Station
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates38.073°N 122.806°W
Located inMarin, California, United States
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Point Reyes Station (formerly, Marin and Olema Station)[1] is small unincorporated town located in western Marin County, California. Point Reyes Station is located south-southeast of Tomales, at an elevation of . Point Reyes Station is located along State Route 1 and is a gateway to the Point Reyes National Seashore, an extremely popular national preserve. About 350 people live in the town. It is also the name of a census-designated place in northern California covering the unincorporated town and surrounding countryside, with a total CDP population of 848.

The town is home to two weekly newspapers, The West Marin Citizen and The Point Reyes Light. The latter won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its reporting on the now-defunct cult group Synanon but is now under new ownership and editorial staff.

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