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Golden Gate National Recreation Area - 35 min
Sausalito - 35 min
Muir Woods National Monument - 45 min
Half Moon Bay - 50 min
Yosemite National Park - 4 hours 10 min
Point Reyes National Seashore - 1 hour 25 min
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens - 4 hours
Stinson Beach
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - 5 hours
The Gardens of Alcatraz
California State Railroad Museum - 3 hours
Monterey Bay Aquarium - 2 hours 50 min
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park - 3 hours 30 min
Filoli - 35 minutes
Marin Headlands - 40 min
Alcatraz - 20 min
Monterey Peninsula Recreational Trail
Nick's Cove Tomales Bay
Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve - 1 hour
Mt Tamalpais State Park - 1 hour
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park - 1 hour
Rancho Corral de Tierra - 30 min
UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley - 50 min
- A short drive out of San Francisco will take you to some of the most magnificent parks, with the largest trees in the world and deep canyons in Northern California.
- You can swim or surf on spectacular beaches, visit the state capitol building, or take a nostalgic train down memory lane.
- Take a ferry to Alcatraz Island, check out what lives under the ocean surface at one of the world's best aquariums in Monterey, and stroll through incredibly charming and picturesque small towns like Carmel, Mendocino, or Sausalito.
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