Editing Point Reyes Station, California (section)

==Geography==
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[[File:WestMarinTowns.png|200px|right|thumb|Towns of rural [[West Marin]] in [[Marin County, California|Marin County]]. Point Reyes Station is in blue.]]
Point Reyes Station is located at {{Coord|38|04|09|N|122|48|25|W|type:city}},<ref name=gnis /> just south and east of the southern end of [[Tomales Bay]], and slightly east of the [[San Andreas Fault]] just before the fault submerges down the center of Tomales Bay. Via [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]], it is {{convert|15|mi}} northwest of [[Stinson Beach, California|Stinson Beach]] and {{convert|17|mi}} southeast of [[Tomales, California|Tomales]]. [[San Francisco]] is {{convert|42|mi}} to the southeast via Point Reyes–Petaluma Road, Nicasio Valley Road, and Lucas Valley Road.

Formerly an actual port and railway terminus, Point Reyes Station nominally borders Tomales Bay; the introduction of European cattle and planting of European grass seed on the natural hills caused destructive erosion, and a combination of small dirt dams, silting, and intentional landfill for farming raised the level of former salt marshes and has left Point Reyes Station approximately {{convert|0.8|mi|km}} from the nearest tidal flats, and that after expenditure of millions of dollars and recent efforts for reclamation of the natural environment.

The CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.62|sqmi|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/>