Paddling near Olema, CA
Olema sits in west Marin County, California, at the edge of Point Reyes National Seashore. The area's marquee paddling destination is Tomales Bay — a 15-mile-long tidal embayment considered the largest unspoiled coastal estuary on the California coast — along with the wilderness estuaries of Drakes Estero and Estero de Limantour inside the Seashore.
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