The best hikes in the Bay Area, ranked: 10 trails from Mount Tam to Mount Diablo
The 10 best hikes in the Bay Area, ranked by a local: Steep Ravine, Tomales Point in elk-rut season, Mount Diablo, and the closures to know this October.
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Apple Hill orchards, ranked: the 10 best farms to visit this October
The 10 best Apple Hill orchards in Camino and Placerville, ranked: cider doughnuts, u-pick, pie, hard cider, and how to beat the Carson Road crawl in October.
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Mount Diablo tarantulas: where to see them this October
Tarantula season peaks now. Where to see Mount Diablo tarantulas this October, the guided walks still on the calendar, and the best spots beyond Diablo.
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Lodi wineries, ranked: the 10 best tasting rooms in the 209
Lodi wineries, ranked by a local: the 10 tasting rooms worth your harvest-season Saturday, from old-vine zinfandel to an all-white-wine barn, plus how to plan the day.
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Eastern Sierra fall colors: the 7 best drives, ranked
The best of the Eastern Sierra fall colors is Bishop Creek Canyon, and it isn’t especially close. Highway 168 climbs out of Bishop into three forks of the same canyon, and each fork ends at a lake ringed with aspen. Nothing else on 395 gives you that much color in one drive. Below are the…
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The 6 best apple orchards in Oak Glen, ranked
The best apple orchards in Oak Glen for 2026, ranked: where you can still pick your own, where it’s pre-picked, and how to beat the loop traffic.
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The 6 best pumpkin patches in Half Moon Bay, ranked
Farmer John’s, Arata’s, Andreotti, Bob’s, Lemos, and Pastorino, ranked by a local, with 2026 dates for the weigh-off and festival and how to dodge the Highway 92 backup.
