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The drive from San Francisco to Glass Beach Fort Bragg takes about 3 hr 4 min (northwest of San Francisco), by real roads from ZIP 94103. Along the way we found 75 stops within a short detour: 16 coffee shops, 5 bakeries, 11 ice cream and treats and 24 places to eat.
The list below is the best few of each kind, in driving order, with how far into the drive you reach each one (counted from San Francisco) and the detour it adds. Stops marked Our pick are chosen by us; the rest come from OpenStreetMap listings, so confirm hours before you count on them.
Photo: Ggerdel - Foto de: Gustavo Gerdel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Beach
A pebble beach with sea glass pieces polished by waves. Look, do not take.
Heads-up: Do not take the glass. Check tides. Part of MacKerricher State Park; do not remove sea glass
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About 3 hr 4 min by road, heading northwest from the middle of ZIP 94103. Traffic and weather change that.
Good ones to start with: Eames Institute (Richmond), Eunice Gourmet (Richmond), Kaleidoscope Coffee (Richmond), Little Louie's Cafe & Catering (Richmond) and El Sol (Point Richmond). The page lists 30 in all, in driving order.
Kaleidoscope Coffee in Richmond, Little Louie's Cafe & Catering in Richmond, The Bay Cafe in Meadowsweet and Pink Owl Coffee in San Rafael. Check hours first; they come from OpenStreetMap listings.
Eunice Gourmet in Richmond, El Sol in Point Richmond, Ping's Mandarin Restaurant in Greenbrae and Viking Submarine Sandwiches in San Rafael.
Eames Institute in Richmond, Point Richmond History Association Museum in Point Richmond, Sonoma County Museum in Santa Rosa and Snoopy and Charlie Brown Sculpture in Santa Rosa.
Drive times are by road on a typical day from ZIP <class 'zip'> (OpenStreetMap data with the OSRM route planner). Stops come from our own picks and OpenStreetMap listings; hours and detours change, so check before you go. We do not store anyone's location.