Marin County & the Bay Area
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©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Marin County & the Bay Area Includes ¨ Why Go? Marin Headlands ....122 The San Francisco Bay Area encompasses a bonanza of Sausalito ...........124 natural vistas and wildlife. Cross the Golden Gate Bridge Muir Woods National into Marin County and visit wizened ancient redwoods Monument ..........135 body-blocking the sun and herds of elegant tule elk pranc- Bolinas .............136 ing along the bluffs of Tomales Bay. Gray whales show some fluke off the cape of the wind-scoured Point Reyes penin- Point Reyes National Seashore ...........139 sula, while hawks surf the skies in the shaggy hills of the Marin Headlands. Oakland ............141 On the cutting edge of intellectual thought, Stanford Uni- Berkeley ............150 versity – near the tech powerhouse of Silicon Valley and the San Jose ...........162 University of California, Berkeley in the East Bay – draws Half Moon Bay ......166 academics and students from around the world. The city Pescadero ..........168 of Berkeley sparked the state’s locavore food movement and continues to be at the forefront of environmental and left-leaning political causes. South of San Francisco, Hwy 1 traces miles of undeveloped coastline and sandy pocket Best Places to Eat beaches as it slowly winds south to Santa Cruz. ¨ Chez Panisse (p156) ¨ Fish (p128) When to Go ¨ Hog Island Oyster Company (p138) Berkeley °C/°F Te mp Rainfall inches/mm ¨ Sunday Marin Farmers 40/104 10/250 Market (p131) 30/86 8/200 ¨ Commis (p145) 20/68 6/150 10/50 4/100 Best Places 0/32 2/50 -10/14 0 to Sleep J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨ Cavallo Point (p123) ¨ Mountain Home Inn (p133) Dec–Mar Mar–Apr Aug–Sep Elephant-seal Wildflowers hit Sunny days at ¨ HI Pigeon Point Lighthouse pupping season their peak on trails the beaches, and (p169) and gray-whale throughout the farmers markets ¨ Steep Ravine (p134) migration along region. overflow with sea- the coast. sonal goodness. 66Ù# 66 121 Bodega Bay Petaluma (6mi) Sacramento D (20mi) D D (48mi) : : : : : 6666: : 6: : : : : cm Tomales #6 : : 29 : : : : : VUÓ80 Bay 4 : ]Û10:1 : : : : : cm WXÕ680 37 : : : : : Inverness #\ Point Reyes #\ Point Reyes Novato Vallejo#\ : : : : : WXÕ780 National #2 #\Station #\ Nicasio Be:nicia:Suisu:n Bay: : Seashore San Pablo Bay #\ Olema #\ : : : : : #÷Mt Tamalpais VUÓ80 Ù#Drakes East Brother #\ Martinez Antioch 66S6tate Park San 6cm4 #\ Beach cm1 Fairfax #\ Rafael Light Station #æ cm4 Point Drakes Bay San Anselmo #\ #\ #õ John Muir #\ Concord Reyes Richmond Stinson #\ #\ National Alamere Falls #9 Larkspur #\ Pleasant Hill Beach Historic Site #\ #\ Mill Valley Albany #\ R #\ #\ Walnut Mt Diablo Bolinas #1 #\ cm24 MARIN COUNTY THE & BAY Ù# Tiburon #\ Creek (3849ft) Angel #\8 Lafayette Muir Woods Stinson Beach Ù# ##\3 #5 # National Monument Muir Beach Island Berkeley Chabot #÷Mt Diablo Marin SausalitoVUÓ80 #\Danville 66666#10 Space & 6State Park Headlands Oakland Science #] #\ San Francisco Alameda#\ #] Center San Ramon cm1 WXÕ880 San Farallon National WXÕ280 #– #\San Leandro Francisco Oakland International #\ Dublin Livermore Wildlife Refuge Daly City #\ Bay #\ #\ Airport #\ Colma Hayward #\ Pleasanton San Bruno Pacifica #\ San Francisco WXÕ680 cm84 66Gray Whale Cove6 State Beach Ù##\ #÷6#–International 6Airport Su6nol Sweeney #÷Coyote Point #\ Ridge #\ Recreation Area Montara State Beach Ù##\ #\ Fremont Montara WXÕ280 San Moss Beach#\ cm84 #\ Mateo Sunol Princeton A Regional Mavericks ç# cm92 Redwood #\]Û101 #\ WXÕ880 #\ East Palo Alto Wilderne REA ss cm Citycm84 Half Moon Bay 35 #\Palo Alto #\ kd237 Milpitas 6666C 6 Mountain View#\ 680 WXÕ O cm82 cm85 U San Gregorio State Beach Ù# WXÕ280 #\ Santa Clara N #\ La Honda #\ #\ San Gregorio TY T & cm84 #\ San Jose Pescadero State Beach Ù# Cupertino #÷ cm87 ]Û101 cm1 Saratoga Sam McDonald cm82 #\ cm85 Pescadero##\4 County Park Butano #\ he 66#÷ kd6Lo6s Gatos 6 State 236 Pigeon Point #õ Park BAY #÷ Henry W Coe Big Basin Boulder State Park (20mi) D Año Nuevo State Park #7 Redwoods #\ Creek Are State Park cm17 P A C I F I C O C E A N cm1 cm9 The Forest of #÷ A HIG Scotts #\ Nisene Marks Valley State Park 66Davenport #\6Soqu6el 6 Santa Cruz #\ #\ #\ Capitola H Ù# cm1 LIG Natural Bridges #\ State Beach Watsonville H e# 0 50 km Monterey T 0 25 miles S 66Ba6y Marin County & the Bay Area Highlights 1 Gazing up at a majestic 4 Touring the coastline along 8 Hanging with hippies, redwood canopy at Muir Woods Hwy 1 to Pescadero (p168). students and passionate National Monument (p135). 5 Hiking or cycling the Angel foodies in Berkeley (p150). 2 Spotting gray whales from Island (p132) perimeter. 9 Cooling off at blissful the lighthouse at Point Reyes 6 Kayaking past harbor Bass Lake, then trekking to National Seashore (p139). seals in Tomales Bay (p140). Alamere Falls (p137). 3 Ferrying over from 7 Spying on noisy elephant a Heading into the Oakland San Francisco to bohemian seals in Año Nuevo State Hills to marvel at stars and Sausalito (p124) houseboats Park (p169). planets in the Chabot Space bobbing in the bay. & Science Center (p144)..