SFBay

From San Francisco

[edit] Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Home to three major airports and six major league teams, and an estimated seven million people, the San Francisco Bay Area has possibilities ranging from the urban life of San Francisco and San Jose in Santa Clara County, to the Wine country of the northern counties, there is a wide variety of possibilities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Alameda
Contra Costa
Marin
Napa
San Francisco
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Solano
Sonoma

Traditionally, the San Francisco Bay Area has consisted of the nine counties shown to the right. The region north of the Golden Gate consisting of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, & Solano counties forms the sub-region locally known as the North Bay. Still predominantly rural with an agricultural focus, the North Bay is home to dozens of Wineries and vineyards.

The East Bay consisting of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties is home to both A's baseball and Raider football, as well the Oakland International Airport. Ranging from the relatively urban west to the decidedly suburban and at times rural east, it is home to both colleges and universities of note, and substantial areas of parkland such as Mount Diablo State Park, and Tilden.

While the South Bay primarily consists of Santa Clara county, it is not unusual for of the border communities to be associated with the South Bay in connection with the Silicon Valley, home of the present day Tech Revolution.

Moving up the coastline is San Mateo county, locally known as the "Peninsula". Home to such schools as Stanford University, it is also home to the SF International Airport as well.

Sitting at nearly the geographical center of the bay area is San Francisco. Serving as both the urban and financial center of the region, it is the northern home of the Pacific Stock Exchange, as well as the home of Giants baseball and 49er football.

Bay Area Landmarks