Campfires Within Point Reyes National Seashore
Help Prevent Wildfires!
Campfire Rules and Regulations
If you intend to build a campfire within the park during your stay, you must read and understand the following.
Permits: Permits are now required for any beach fire ignited within the National Seashore. Permits are available at visitor centers, the dispatch office, and from field rangers. The permit is free. Permits are not available or valid during high fire danger.
Wood fires & locations: Wood fires are allowed only on beaches (below the high tide line, if possible), well away from vegetation - nowhere else.
Wood fire fuel: Reasonable amounts of driftwood may be gathered from beaches. Wood brought from the outside must be pine or almond. Please do not bring oak, fir, redwood, madrone, or tanoak unless they are certified to be free of the organism causing sudden oak death.
Fire size: The fire may not be more than 36 inches in diameter.
Proper dousing: Before leaving your beach fire, put it out completely with water. Do not cover up coals with sand as it will only insulate the heat and be an unseen danger to wildlife and barefoot visitors.
Extinguishing time: Fires must be extinguished by 12 midnight.
Charcoal fires: Charcoal fires are allowed in the Bear Valley and Drakes Beach picnic areas and the backcountry campgrounds in the grills provided. Visitors may also have charcoal fires in their own container or grill on beaches below the high tide line. Pack out used charcoal. Backpackers should be prepared with an alternative plan (ie. self-contained stove) for cooking in the event of high fire danger.