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Solano County

Solano County is in the Bay Area of California. It is more rural than many other Bay Area counties with a population of approximately 400,000.

29km

38.27-121.94

American Canyon

American Canyon is a city in the Napa Valley in California.

39km

38.16805556-122.2525

San Francisco

the City by the Bay, featuring the Golden Gate Bridge, vibrant urban neighborhoods, dramatic fog and high technology

52km

37.7857-122.4061

Yolo County

Yolo County is in the Sacramento Valley of California.

59km

38.55388889-121.73805556

Yountville

Yountville is a small town in Napa Valley, California named for its founder Georg Calvert Yount. It is now home to many world class restaurants and wineries as well as fantastic boutique shopping.

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38.40305556-122.36222222

Napa Valley

Napa Valley, in the Bay Area in California, is one of the main wine growing regions of the United States of America and one of the major wine regions of the world. It is also known for its gourmet restaurants, cafes, and spa-treatment centers.

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38.5-122.32

Oakville (California)

Napa County, California, United States

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38.436944-122.401111

Rutherford (California)

census-designated place in California, United States

69km

38.458611-122.421389

St. Helena (California)

city in California

76km

38.5027778-122.469722

Marin County

Marin County in the Bay Area of California is a bedroom community across the Golden Gate Bridge to the north of San Francisco. Affluent Marin County is home to ex-hippies and dot-com millionaires. It has rugged wilderness areas on its western coast, while towns on the Bay have a nautical air dating to the 1800s.

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38.04-122.74

Calistoga

city in Napa County, California, United States

90km

38.5814-122.5828

Sonoma County

Sonoma County, located in California's North Coast in the San Francisco Bay Area, is about 45 minutes north of San Francisco. As such, it suffers from what could be dubbed the "Middle Child Syndrome:" Its main cities of Petaluma and Santa Rosa are small and provincial when compared to San Francisco; yet the area is not the untamed wilderness of California's North Coast. Sonoma County is not as well-known or touristy as the neighboring Napa Valley, which takes most of the credit for driving California's wine industry, nor as cosmopolitan as nearby San Francisco.

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38.51-122.93

Lake County (California)

Lake County is an inland county in California's North Coast region. Parts of Lake County are considered part of California Wine Country.

135km

39.09-122.76

Yosemite National Park

National Park in California, United States

267km

37.7333-119.55
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Farallon Islands

archipelago in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, United States

121km

37.7249303-123.0302779
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Contra Costa County

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Someday we will visit Contra Costa County or begin to dream about going there! However, for now its not on our radar. Let us know in the comments if you think that should change!

Contra Costa County

East of the Oakland Hills that border the East Bay, Contra Costa County maintains a very separate culture and lifestyle than its Bay Area neighbors. The area is mostly residential—although many San Francisco businesses have moved here to avoid high city taxes—and affluent, and consequently considerably more conservative. The same hills that keep Contra Costa culturally isolated also keep it protected climatically; the area is usually 10-20°F warmer than the Bay in summer.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 804 square miles (2,080 km), of which 716 square miles (1,850 km) is land and 88 square miles (230 km) (11%) is water.

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Feb

14°C4
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Mar

19°C6
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Oct

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