Parts of the park are private farms and ranches which have commercial cattle grazing. The peninsula includes wild coastal beaches and headlands, estuaries, and uplands. The small town of Olema, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Point Reyes Station, serves as the gateway to the Seashore and its visitor center. Some services are also available at Inverness on the west shore of Tomales Bay. The small town of Point Reyes Station, while not located on the peninsula, provides most services to it. The peninsula is part of the Salinian Block while across the fault is the Franciscan Complex the difference in soil composition affects the mix of flora on either side of the fault. The Point Reyes peninsula is a well defined area, geologically separated from the rest of Marin County and almost all of the continental United States by a rift zone of the San Andreas Fault, about half of which is sunk below sea level and forms Tomales Bay. Clem Miller, a US Congressman from Marin County wrote and introduced the bill for the establishment of Point Reyes National Seashore in 1962 to protect the peninsula from development which was proposed at the time for the slopes above Drake's Bay. Some existing agricultural uses are allowed to continue within the park. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as an important nature preserve. Point Reyes National Seashore is a 71,028-acre (287.44 km 2) park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California.
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