Category: USA

What’s Best: Remote Marin vistas from 1,500-foot-high ridge tops with peculiar geology and trees; or a white-water creek, deep in a conifer forest reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest. Parking: From …

What’s Best: A long contour road along the top of a lush, forested canyon; or trails to vistas from the green shoulders of Tamalpais. Parking: From Hwy. 101, take Sir …

What’s Best: Find an organic snack or offbeat gift in bohemian Fairfax, followed by a hike or bike ride at nearby Deer Park, a redwood-studded gateway to the Mt. Tam …

What’s Best: A levee walk in a wildlife preserve in the northeastern corner of Marin, where an oak island sits at the mouth of the Petaluma River. Parking: From Hwy. …

What’s Best: Stroll Frank Lloyd Wright’s futuristic architecture; or take a short hike with the shorebirds at your choice of three marsh and lagoon parks. Parking: From Hwy. 101, take …

Bon Tempe Lake hike: Head up a short connector road from the parking area, toward the Shadyside Trail and walk across the wide dam that forms the west shore of …

What’s Best: Bike tours lead into the past beside the rolling lawns of tile-roofed bungalows on this Spanish-style, retired military base; or ride along a levee to preview what is …

For a more-adventurous Tiburon Peninsula grand loop taking in the entire land mass on a run of 13 miles do the Tiburon Peninsula loop, only do not turn left on …

What’s Best: Avoid busy weekends and feel far away at this close-in woodsy lake, tucked into the steep folds of Tamalpais a gateway for watershed hikes and bicycle rides. Parking: …

Wha’ts Best: The top of “Old Baldy,” combined with a luncheon date and a stroll of the town’s antique shops and parklike theological seminary. Parking: From Hwy. 101, take San …