San Francisco International Airport 40 min
The University Of California Botanical Garden (24 min.)
Established in 1890 this 34-acre garden features a collection of plants from around the world. Heather Farm Park (7 min.)
This 102-acre preserve offers a swimming complex dog park sports fields & a skate park. Joaquin Miller Park (18 min.)
Dog-friendly woodland park on 500 acres boasting rustic trails meadows & picnic sites. Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park (21 min.)
Sprawling forest featuring redwood groves & rare wildlife plus trails picnic areas & campsites. Lindsay Wildlife Experience (8 min.)
Environmental education center housing 50 species of live nonreleasable California wildlife. Mount Diablo State Park (51 min)
Sizable park with a summit visitor center & observation deck plus trails campsites & picnic areas. Oakland Zoo (23 min.) Las Trampas Regional Wilderness Park (23 min)
5 000 acres of wilderness with a trail system & remote areas for hikers & horseback riders. The Ruth Bancroft Garden U0026 Nursery (7 min.)
Water-conserving 3-acre garden with succulents aloe & more first planted in 1972 by Ruth Bancroft. Chabot Space U0026 Science Center (24 min.)
Big complex featuring interactive exhibits on outer space a planetarium a gift shop & more. John Muir National Historic Site (13 min.)
A 2.4-mile hiking trail loop that begins near the John Muir house with scenic mountain views. Briones Regional Park (8 min.)
Pastoral 6 255-acre park with rolling hills wildlife viewing campgrounds & other features. Tilden Regional Park (16 min.)
A 2 000 acre park with a carousel botanic garden lake swimming picnic areas & steam train ride. | 
