Best places: Nature preserves in El Sobrante, United States

Scenic, forested park featuring giant redwood trees, long hiking trails, a visitor center & more.

Nature preserve featuring easy & challenging hiking trails with scenic views & wildlife sightings.

Fort from the Civil War era located under the Golden Gate Bridge offering cannon drills & tours.

The site of an ancient volcano, this park offers self-guided tours & features many hiking trails.

Peaceful green space features a variety of meandering trails through lush forest surrounds.

This 241-acre wooded preserve features a self-guided, botanic interpretive trail & restrooms.

😠 Berkeley and Oakland have forever tarnished this place by letting the disgusting rich NIMBYs of the hills dictate policy to the cities. As gorgeous as the view is, it's near impossible to park now due to logs and other barriers. I hope everyone who lives up there gets what they deserve.

Scenic marina park offers picnic sites, play areas & a nature center with fish & wildlife displays.

193-acre park with trails through forests with large trees, a creek & waterfall, plus scenic views.

Nature preserve overlooking Carquinez Bay featuring stunning landscape with native grasses & views.

👍👍 The views of the bay are great. You can see Mt. Tam, Marin county, and SF. However the top is quite windy.

Wetlands nature preserve featuring walking/cycling trails, plus egrets & other wildlife.

A protected, wooded canyon park covering 290 acres & offering hiking, biking & nature viewing.

Windswept 122-acre natural area with rare wildflowers, a historic church & bay views.

A 1,271-acre preserve with valley views featuring lots of open space & trails for hiking & riding.

👍 There is a very nice porta potty right down the walkway a bit. Don't pee in the parking lot. Ok, now that I got that out of the way, I'll say this is a really nice spot. We stopped because my son in law is a birder. We saw so many birds here. It was quite pretty and a nice stop right off the highway...

👍👍 You have to call ahead and set a reservation for this NHS (there are gates closing off the house's property and no way to enter the house anyway) but it's totally worth it. We so enjoyed our (essentially private) tour with Ms. Joy this week around the Eugene O'Neill NHS. The NPS bus picks you up in...

👍👍 Excellent trail for all forms of exercise. The main fire road is very flat and smooth, and is very accessible. Allows for access to many single-tracks which end in beautiful views of the surrounding area. Perfect for runs, since it allows for a loop around Terra Linda.

Undeveloped, 906-acre open space with trails for hiking, mountain biking & horseback riding.