Regional Information and Tourism
Tourism
- Local Restaurant Guides
- Visitor Information
- Events at Stanford
- Museums (Art and Science)
- Performing Arts
- Hiking / Outdoors
- Amusement Parks
- Extended Day Trips
Local Restaurant Guides:
- Google map of restaurants in proximity to SLAC
- RestaurantRow.com: List of Palo Alto restaurants (be careful -- some restaurants are outside of the Menlo Park/Palo Alto area)
- ActiveDiner.com: List of Palo Alto restaurants
- Photon Science Visitor website: Local area map with restaurant information
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Visitor Information
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Events at Stanford
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Museums
- Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)
- Cantor Center for Visual Arts (Stanford University)
- Chabot Space & Science Center (Oakland)
- Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)
- California Academy of Sciences (Steinhart Aquarium, Natural History Museum, Morrison Planetarium)
- Conservatory of Flowers
- deYoung Museum of Art
- Garden of Shakespearian Flowers
- Japanese Tea Garden
- Strybing Arboretum
- Lawrence Hall of Science (Berkeley)
- Legion of Honor (San Francisco)
- Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey)
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco)
- San Jose Museum of Art (San Jose)
- The Exploratoruim (San Francisco)
- The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum (Santa Cruz)
- The Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose)
- Computer History Museum
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Performing Arts
- Concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco Opera
- San Francisco Symphony
- San Francisco Ballet
- Villa Montalvo Arts Center - outdoor concerts (Saratoga)
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Hiking / Outdoors
- Bay Area Hiker: Peninsula and South Bay Hikes (Menlo Park / Palo Alto)
- Blair Island Aquatic Center
- East Bay Regional Park District
- Elkhorn Slough (Monterey Bay)
- County of San Mateo Park Trails (Menlo Park area)
- County of Santa Clara Find a Park (Palo Alto area)
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area (San Francisco / Marin)
- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (San Francisco)
- Marine Mammal Center (Sausalito)
- Hakone Japanese Gardens (Saratoga)
- Half Moon Bay beach
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Amusement Parks
- Great America (Santa Clara)
- Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Santa Cruz)
- Six Flags Marine World (Vallejo)
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Extended Day Trips
South:
North:
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