San Francisco Bay Area
Nine counties in 5 subregions (101 municipalities):
- San Francisco
- Peninsula: San Mateo
- South bay: Santa Clara
- East Bay: Alameda, Contra Costa
- North Bay: Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma
Check out San Francisco page for more details about the city and Napa and Sonoma page for the wine country. This page is more about the other areas.
Universities: Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley
Museums
- Oakland Museum of California
Where to paddle
- moss landing
- monterry
- petaluma river
- oakland
- redwood city
- forster city
Tomales Bay Kayak Camping
- Pick up permit from Bear Valley Visitor Center
- Rent the kayak(or bring your own to the east side)
- Kayak for 1+hr to the camp site
- Kayak back the second day, oyster farm on the way back
Tours/Views
- Bioluminescence
- Full Moon
- Sunset
Hiking
Soquel Demonstration State Forest http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/ranchoblack.html
Others
- The cypress "tree tunnel", Point Reyes National Seashore
- Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore
- Bowling Ball Beach, Point Arena
- The Glory Hole, Lake Berryessa
- Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, CA 95071
- Filoli
- Point Reyes: Whale watching
- Half Moon Bay