Marin Coast

North of San Francisco Bay, Point Reyes thrusts into the Pacific through fog and heavy surf. The peninsula was home to Coast Miwok communities, whose villages drew on the resources of the shore and its hinterland. In 1579, Francis Drake is thought to have landed here during his circumnavigation. Sixteen years later, the Spanish galleon #italic San Agustín#! was wrecked in the area; objects from the ship have been found at Coast Miwok village sites.