Exploring Elephant Seals
Fri Jan 1
Ranger-led seal watching
Inverness
🦭"Drakes Beach taken over by these big guys for about 5 or 6 months a year"
👀"A fantastic experience and you are so close to the action"
📱Download offline maps — no cell service
Get up close with massive northern elephant seals as they haul out onto Drakes Beach each winter. A ranger will decode the bellows, blubber, and beach drama of these 4,000-pound visitors.
winter wildlife viewing
family-friendly
ranger-led program
beach nature walk
Inverness
🦭"Drakes Beach taken over by these big guys for about 5 or 6 months a year"
👀"A fantastic experience and you are so close to the action"
📱Download offline maps — no cell service
Get up close with massive northern elephant seals as they haul out onto Drakes Beach each winter. A ranger will decode the bellows, blubber, and beach drama of these 4,000-pound visitors.
winter wildlife viewing
family-friendly
ranger-led program
beach nature walk
Matches these interests
- winter wildlife viewing
- family-friendly
- ranger-led program
- beach nature walk
- Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center
- Inverness
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