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Chimney Rock Trail.
The historic lifeboat station was built near Chimney Rock in the 1920s to save mariners who were shipwrecked off Point Reyes.
The Chimney Rock Trail traverses a narrow peninsula with Drake's Bay to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
An elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) basks in the sun on a beach below the Chimney Rock Trail.
Chimney Rock Trail.
Chimney Rock lies just off Point Reyes' east point.
Chimney Rock Trail.
Chimney Rock Trail.
Chimney Rock Trail.
HIstoric lifeboat station on the Chimney Rock Trail.
Chimney Rock Trail.
One perspective on the past from the Chimney Rock Trail.
Blacktail deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) at rest along the Chimney Rock trail.
Parking area for Chimney Rock and the Elephant Seal Overlook.