Stinson Beach Day-Trip is a real time commitment — fit it in only if it's a priority.
Allow Half–full day.
A broad, soft three-mile beach in a sunny pocket of Marin — one of the few Bay Area beaches mild enough to actually lounge on, reached by a gorgeous winding coast drive. The catch: the drive over the mountain is slow and twisty, summer weekend parking fills early, and the water is still cold.