{"id":87973,"date":"2025-12-09T19:16:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/87973\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T19:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:16:36","slug":"these-are-the-12-most-fun-weekend-getaways-from-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/87973\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are the 12 Most Fun Weekend Getaways from San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving San Francisco is hard\u2014after all, it\u2019s where we left our heart\u2014but getting away for a weekend can be a fantastic choice. There are incredible destinations all around the city. Run north to see the beautiful cities on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge and penetrate into wine country, or head east for Lake Tahoe. Going south means visiting beach towns like Santa Cruz, Monterey and the ever-charming hamlet of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/usa\/news\/its-illegal-to-wear-high-heels-in-carmel-by-the-seaso-i-broke-the-law-120624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carmel-by-the-Sea<\/a>. You\u2019ll find a profusion of national parks, giant redwood forests and a long, iconic coastline for an epic Highway 1 road trip. Some of these spots are just an hour away.<\/p>\n<p>The farthest spot we talk about is four hours away (but it\u2019s so worth it to see Lake Tahoe in any season\u2014and yes, many skiers and riders get up early and come back the same day). If you haven\u2019t visited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/usa\/travel\/best-things-to-do-in-yosemite\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yosemite National Park<\/a> by now, this is your sign to go: 3.5 hours should get you to the Big Oak Flat gate (remember to check weather conditions before embarking, though: that stretch of road into the park can be terrifying in snowfall). The lesser-known Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is another stunner with fewer crowds. Although we don\u2019t discuss it because it\u2019s not a breezy getaway,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/los-angeles\/things-to-do\/best-things-to-do-in-los-angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a> is six hours down the road if you want to stretch things out!<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<br \/>\ud83c\udf2e The best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/san-francisco\/restaurants\/best-restaurants-in-san-francisco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restaurants in San Francisco<br \/><\/a>\ud83d\ude97 The best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/san-francisco\/things-to-do\/best-day-trips-from-san-francisco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">day trips from San Francisco<br \/><\/a>\ud83c\udfe8 The best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/san-francisco\/hotels\/best-hotels-in-san-francisco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hotels in San Francisco<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaving San Francisco is hard\u2014after all, it\u2019s where we left our heart\u2014but getting away for a weekend can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[49158,49156,49152,49153,49154,49155,101,103,102,104,106,105,420,49157],"class_list":{"0":"post-87973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-format-features","9":"tag-good-for-great-views","10":"tag-good-for-nature-and-wildlife","11":"tag-good-for-undefined","12":"tag-good-for-vibe-outdoors","13":"tag-good-for-weekend-visitors","14":"tag-san-francisco","15":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","16":"tag-san-francisco-news","17":"tag-sf","18":"tag-sf-headlines","19":"tag-sf-news","20":"tag-things-to-do","21":"tag-things-to-do-walks-and-tours"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}