Inverness is a beautiful coastal waterfront village in Marin County just 1 hour north of San Francisco.

Judge James Shafter, whose family wound up with the Point Reyes peninsula following California statehood, subdivided the wooded west shore of Tomales Bay in 1889 to recover some railroading losses. Inverness served as a summer town from the start, a magnet for many of the Bay Area's comfortable set and later, refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake who unknowingly relocated atop the same, mischievous San Andreas Fault. Over time, Inverness has also drawn its share of artists and academicians.

For the visitor, Inverness marks the last settlement before entering the mass of the Point Reyes National Seashore, 72,000 acres of wilderness and beach and ranchland from which one can still see San Francisco.

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Fir Tree Vacation Rental, Inverness
Beautiful cottage overlooking the 200-foot-tall fir trees adjacent to Point Reyes National Seashore.

Jenner Inn & Cottages, Jenner by the Sea
bed and breakfast inn on the undiscovered Sonoma Coast offers exceptional beauty and tranquility

Point Reyes Seashore Lodge Point Reyes / Olema
an elegant country inn, adjoins the Point Reyes National Seashore Park on Olema Creek, only an hour away from San Francisco

Old Point Reyes Schoolhouse Lodging, Point Reyes Station
This compound is quiet and peaceful, yet just an easy five minute walk to the village