Located in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area about 10 miles from San Francisco and below the Marin Headlands, this is the only black sand beach in the continental U.S. The coastline's ...

While black sand beaches are often associated with other places, such as Iceland and Hawaii, the Bay Area has one of its own. You’ll have to venture through a thick layer of San Francisco fog ...

Playa de San Juan is known as ... windsurfing and jet skiing. The beach also stretches about 2 miles, so you'll surely be able to carve out your own little space in the sand.