The trailhead sits unmarked along the narrow spur road, a half-mile walk through coyote brush and lupine before the sand appears below. Kehoe Beach stretches in both directions, a crescent of coarse sand framed by eroding cliffs that drop fragments of sedimentary rock with each winter storm. Driftwood accumulates in silver-gray heaps above the high-tide line, bleached smooth by salt and time.
“One of Point Reyes' least-visited beaches despite year-round access, offering unobstructed open-coast solitude without a permit or boat.”
Credit: UnsplashPalm trees framing a sunset shore
This is not a beach for swimming. The water stays cold year-round, the undertow pulls hard, and the waves break with the kind of authority that makes even wading a calculated risk. Instead, you come for the walking—miles of it at low tide, when the sand firms up and tide pools appear in the rocky shelves to the north. Harbor seals haul out on distant rocks, their barking audible across the wind.
By late afternoon, the marine layer thickens, turning the sun into a diffused disc of amber light. The few visitors who made the walk begin their return as the fog settles in, erasing the horizon. You'll have boot prints to follow back, and the smell of salt and kelp in your jacket for days.
