{"id":5021,"date":"2012-04-20T23:01:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T23:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/?p=5021"},"modified":"2013-11-05T17:33:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T17:33:39","slug":"best-destinations-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/5021\/best-destinations-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Eco Destinations in the Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the best green Bay Area destinations oM has discovered this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Best Natural Habitat for Art:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/3744\/review-dirosa-preserve-napa\/\">diRosa Preserve<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong>Napa<br \/>\nPeacocks roam among the artwork at this 217-acre nature preserve and estate, brainchild of eco-crusader and lovable eccentric Rene di Rosa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Place to Hit the Open Road: <a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/3621\/china-camp-state-park\/\">China Camp State Park<\/a>\u00a0| <\/strong>San Rafael<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s got history, it&#8217;s got views, and it&#8217;s got great trails for bikers of every level. 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Best Place to Hit the Open Road: China Camp State Park\u00a0| San Rafael It&#8217;s got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,93,54,56,6,25,66,43,67,30,58,71,29,82,57],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-adventure","8":"category-alameda","9":"category-car-free","10":"category-culinary","11":"category-day-trips","12":"category-destination","13":"category-east-bay","14":"category-napa-valley","15":"category-north-bay","16":"category-oakland","17":"category-romantic","18":"category-san-francisco-bay","19":"category-san-francisco-bay-area","20":"category-sonoma-county","21":"category-wine-spirits"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Best Eco Destinations in the Bay - offMetro CA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/5021\/best-destinations-san-francisco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Best Eco Destinations in the Bay - offMetro CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here are the best green Bay Area destinations oM has discovered this year. 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