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[76 Stat. 538]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 538]

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PUBLIC LAW 87-657-SEPT. 13, 1962

[76 STAT.

Public Law 87-657 S.pt.mberl3.1962 AN ACT ^8- ^^^] To establish the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the California. United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to tion^^^as^oT^.^' ^^^® *^^ preserve, for purposes of public recreation, benefit, and Establishment, inspiration, a portion of the diminishing seashore of the United States that remains undeveloped, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is hereby authorized to take appropriate action in the public interest toward the establishment of the national seashore set forth in section 2 of this Act. SEC. 2. (a) The area comprising that portion of the land and waters located on Point Eeyes Peninsula, Marin County, California, which shall be known as the Point Reyes National Seashore, is described as follows by reference to that certain boundary map, designated N S PR-7001, dated June 1, 1960, oh file with the Director, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia. Beginning at a point, not monumented, where the boundary line common to Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobi:ante) and'Rancho Las Baulines meets the average high tide line of the Pacific Ocean as shown on said boundary m a p; Thence southwesterly from said point 1,320 feet offshore on a prolongation of said boundary line common to Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) and Rancho Las Baulines; Thence in a northerly and westerly direction parallelingthe average high tide line of the shore of the Pacific Ocean; along Drakes Bay, and around Point Reyes; Thence generally northerly and around Tomales Point, offshore a distance of 1,320 feet from average high tide line; Thence southeasterly along a line 1,320 feet offshore and parallel to the average high tide line along the west shore of Bodega Bay and Tomales Bay to the intersection of this line with a prolongation of the most northerly tangent of theboundary of Tomales Bay State P a r k; Thence south 54 degrees 32 minutes west 1,320 feet along the prolongation of said tangent of Tomales Bay State Park boundary to the average high tide line on the shore of Tomales Bay; Thence following the boundary of Tomales Bay State P a r k in a southerly direction to a point lying 105.4 feet- north 41 degrees east of an unimproved road heading westerly and northerly from Pierce Point Road; Thence south 41 degrees west 105.4 feet to a point on the north right-of-way of said unimproved road; Thence southeasterly along the north right-of-way of said unimproved road and Pierce Point Road to a point at the southwest corner of Tomales Bay State Park at the junction of the Pierce Point Road and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard; Thence due south to a point on the south right-of-way of said Sir Francis Drake Boulevard; Thence southeasterly along said south right-of-way approximately 3,100 feet to a point; Thence approximately south 19 degrees west approximately 300 feet: Thence south approximately 400 feet; Thence southwest to the most northerly corner of the Inverness watershed area; Thence southerly and easterly along the west property line of the Inverness watershed area approximately 9,040 feet to a point near the