Top rated Nature preserves in Mountain View, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated Nature preserves in Mountain View

Experience the best that Mountain View has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 106 places from Nature preserve category.

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Monterey Bay Hydrobikes

Canoe & kayak rental service

4.90 (110 reviews) (~69.2 km from centre)

Windy Hill

Nature preserve

👍👍 It's gorgeous. I love the wildflowers.

4.90 (34 reviews) (~14.73 km from centre)

Muir Woods National Monument

Nature preserve

Scenic, forested park featuring giant redwood trees, long hiking trails, a visitor center & more.

4.80 (17.4K reviews) (~71.47 km from centre)

Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve

Nature preserve

Nature preserve with hiking/biking/equestrian trails through varied landscapes with valley views.

4.80 (2.3K reviews) (~24.97 km from centre)

Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve

Nature preserve

Mountainside area with tall trees, offering canyon hikes, biking trails & horse-riding paths.

4.80 (1.7K reviews) (~24.77 km from centre)

Tilden Nature Area

Nature preserve

Nature preserve featuring easy & challenging hiking trails with scenic views & wildlife sightings.

4.80 (1.4K reviews) (~60.56 km from centre)

Windy Hill Open Space Preserve

Nature preserve

Open grasslands & forest area with 12 miles of trails for hiking, bicycling & horseback-riding.

4.80 (1.2K reviews) (~13.44 km from centre)

Asilomar Beach View

Nature preserve

👍👍 Great beach to OBSERVE sea activity and little details. Saw 100s of sea anemones, urchins, hermit crabs and starfish. Please respect space of all organisms here, saw many folks standing on rocks and hence knowingly or unknowingly pressing anemones. Enjoyed my time there on a cold clear sky day.

4.80 (660 reviews) (~86.59 km from centre)

Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve

Nature preserve

Massive 3,137-acre green space with many trails & a wide range of plant life & wildflowers.

4.80 (421 reviews) (~14.27 km from centre)

Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve

Nature preserve

Varied landscape including 11 miles of trails, lake, meadows & ridge views in a 2,143-acre preserve.

4.80 (417 reviews) (~13.35 km from centre)

Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 Nice 4mile loop, narrow path up the hill with beautiful views. You might see cows.

4.80 (298 reviews) (~39.49 km from centre)

Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve is a hidden gem in the Bay Area. This preserve is very beautiful with lots of water streams, big trees and well maintained trails. The parking lot is very small, but the Santa Clara Open Space Authority has created an additional parking lot which is pretty b...

4.80 (284 reviews) (~38.31 km from centre)

Sanctuary Cruises

Whale watching tour agency

👍👍 We took a private cruise to take our daughter's ashes to spread on the ocean with Sanctuary Cruises. Brian Sack was responsive to our questions and made it clear and easy to arrange for everything we needed. We all arrived on time and were escorted to the boat. I could see the boat was well maintain...

4.80 (249 reviews) (~70.58 km from centre)

Soquel Demonstration State Forest

Nature preserve

Scenic forested park featuring redwoods, natural springs & a series of cycling trails.

4.80 (248 reviews) (~37.69 km from centre)

Fall Creek Unit

Hiking area

State park offers hiking & other outdoor activities among redwoods & Douglas firs in a wild canyon.

4.80 (207 reviews) (~35.75 km from centre)

Baltimore Canyon Preserve

Nature preserve

193-acre park with trails through forests with large trees, a creek & waterfall, plus scenic views.

4.80 (134 reviews) (~73.99 km from centre)

Byrne Preserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 Very pretty drive to get to the preserve. Once there you can find parking easily. I walked around the stables and saw the beautiful horses. Horse riding classes were on going. If you love animals you can get up close to see them. I would not touch them even one appeared to be very friendly (see pic)...

4.80 (114 reviews) (~7.21 km from centre)

Lucas Valley Preserve

Park

A 1,271-acre preserve with valley views featuring lots of open space & trails for hiking & riding.

4.80 (89 reviews) (~85.9 km from centre)

Byrne-Milliron Forest

Nature preserve

👍 This review wont’t cover much of the terrain or sights one might find due to a cranky toddler waking up from a nap and cutting our experience Ursuline short. However, the drive is absolutely beautiful. Follow your GPS to get there, and keep an eagle eye open because the entrance is a ‘blink and you’...

4.80 (47 reviews) (~48.38 km from centre)

Tiburon Uplands

Nature preserve

👍👍 Nice place but don't go when it rains

4.80 (38 reviews) (~64.12 km from centre)

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Top rated Nature preserves in Mountain View, United States