North Bay

North of the Golden Gate Bridge, in the hilly country across the chilly waters from , lies the North Bay region of the Bay Area. Perhaps best known as the home of , America's largest wine producing region, here you'll find lovely natural scenery and some very pleasant small towns in the hills and valleys of the area.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tiburon and Santa Rosa.

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is a small historic town in 's , located across the bay from . 's Main Street has been preserved as it was when the town was a Gold Rush train town and lumber yard.

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is the largest city in , , and fifth largest in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is a jumping off point for visiting the wine country of Sonoma County and the , or driving out to the beautiful coastal and parks throughout the Sonoma County.

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is a city in , United States, and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the . Located on the shores of , the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 United States census.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Sonoma County and Marin County.

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, located in the North Bay of 's San Francisco Bay Area, is about 45 minutes north of . As such, it suffers from what could be dubbed the "Middle Child Syndrome": its main cities of Petaluma and Santa Rosa are smaller and provincial when compared to San Francisco; yet the area is not the untamed wilderness of California's .

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in the Bay Area of is a bedroom community across the Golden Gate Bridge to the north of . Affluent is home to ex-hippies and dot-com millionaires.

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

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, in the Bay Area in , is the most internationally renowned winemaking region 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.

North Bay

Latitude of center
38.3° or 38° 18′ north
Longitude of center
-122.5° or 122° 30′ west
Wiki­data ID
Q3271661
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“North Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمال الخليج”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен залив”
  • Bulgarian: “Северния залив”
  • Catalan: “Badia del Nord”
  • Chinese: “旧金山湾北湾”
  • Chinese: “舊金山灣北灣”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Golfo”
  • French: “North Bay (région de la baie de San Francisco)”
  • French: “North Bay”
  • German: “North Bay Area”
  • German: “North Bay”
  • Hebrew: “אזור נורת‘ ביי”
  • Hebrew: “נורת’ ביי”
  • Italian: “San Francisco North Bay”
  • Japanese: “ノースベイ”
  • Russian: “Норт-Бей_(область_залива_Сан-Франциско)”
  • Russian: “Норт-Бей”
  • Serbian: “Северни залив”
  • Slovenian: “North Bay”
  • Spanish: “Norte de la Bahia”
  • Spanish: “Norte de la Bahía”
  • Venetian: “Baja de San Francisco nord”
  • Vietnamese: “phía bắc vùng vịnh San Francisco”
  • Vietnamese: “phía bắc vùng vịnh”

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