Get Involved

Looking for how to get involved? Browse through the website navigation or the links below to find opportunities.

  • Volunteer: About 2.5 million visitors annually enjoy Point Reyes National Seashore's wildlands and opportunities for recreation and solitude. You can enrich your experience by volunteering. Over the last few years, volunteers have contributed over 50,000 hours removing nonnative plant species, monitoring wildlife, providing information to visitors, working at the Morgan Horse Ranch, protecting the resources, cleaning up and monitoring beaches, and maintaining the trails.
  • Work With Us: Currently, there are over 400 areas within the National Park system, with over 15,000 permanent employees and 5,000 temporary and seasonal employees. The types of jobs available within the National Park Service are as diverse as the parks themselves.
  • Planning: Find planning projects at Point Reyes National Seashore, including Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, management plans, and decision documents.
  • Do Business with Us: Information about obtaining a contract to do work for the park or a commercial use authorization.
 
Volunteers with buckets looking for trash on a sandy bluff-backed beach with the ocean to the right.
California Coastal Cleanup Day

Join us at 10 am on Saturday, September 20 to remove marine debris and trash from Drakes Beach.

A woman wearing a khaki-colored shirt stands behind an information desk while assisting a visitors.
Volunteer in a Visitor Center

Visitor Services Volunteers help to strengthen the connection with and foster stewardship of Point Reyes among park visitors.

A woman holding a bucket and a girl with a trash grabber pick up litter in a coastal sand dune.
Conservation At Home

People interested in helping protect water, air, and wildlife can do a variety of things at home.

An aerial photo of a long green peninsula of land, with steep cliffsides and sandy beaches.
Tomales Point Area Plan

A final decision on the Tomales Point Area Plan was announced on December 2, 2024.

Spaletta (C) Ranch with the Point Reyes Headlands in the background.
General Management Plan Amendment

A Settlement Agreement on the management of ranching on park lands & the Revised Record of Decision for the GMP Amendment are now available.

Images of the covers of eight management plans for Point Reyes National Seashore.
Park Planning

The NPS produces a variety of management plans and other documents pertaining to the planning, management, and operation of the park.

Last updated: September 1, 2025

Contact Info

Mailing Address:

1 Bear Valley Road
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956

Phone:

415-464-5100
This number will initially be answered by an automated attendant, from which one can opt to access a name directory, listen to recorded information about the park (e.g., directions to the park; visitor center hours of operation; fire danger information; wildlife updates; ranger-led programs; seasonal events; etc.), or speak with a ranger. Please note that if you are calling between 4:30 pm and 10 am, park staff may not be available to answer your call.

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