museum
Exploratorium
A pioneering hands-on science museum on San Francisco's waterfront that inspired interactive museums worldwide.
16 km · about 30 min drive
California, United States · North America
Kensington works well as a base: 10 minutes from Berkeley, 26km from Muir Woods National Monument.
Kensington is a town located in California, United States. With a population of 5,077, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Kensington sits in United States, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Los Angeles time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Kensington to your route.
Kensington is an unincorporated community and census designated place located in the Berkeley Hills, in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area, in Contra Costa County, California.
Many distinguished University of California, Berkeley professors, Nobel Prize laureates, and other notable San Francisco Bay AreaRead more
professionals reside or have resided in Kensington, such as University of California, Berkeley's theoretical physicist and professor of physics Robert Oppenheimer who was the director of the Manhattan Project's Project Y that developed the atomic bombs during World War II. The population was 5,428 at the 2020 census.
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Kensington is located in California, United States, North America. The coordinates are 37.9105 latitude, -122.2802 longitude.
Kensington has a population of approximately 5,077 people, making it a town in United States.
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museum
A pioneering hands-on science museum on San Francisco's waterfront that inspired interactive museums worldwide.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Art Deco observation tower on Telegraph Hill offering 360-degree views of San Francisco, the bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
16 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Notorious former federal penitentiary on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay that once held America's most dangerous criminals.
16 km · about 30 min drive
bridge
The Art Deco suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait in famous International Orange; drive, cycle, or walk it, with classic viewpoints at Battery Spencer and Fort Point.
20 km · about 25 min drive
museum
A unique museum combining an aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum under a living green roof in Golden Gate Park.
23 km · about 25 min drive
national park
An ancient old-growth coast redwood forest just north of San Francisco, offering peaceful trails beneath towering thousand-year-old trees.
26 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Classic and rare automobiles displayed as art in an elegant gallery setting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
30 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
A challenging road course set among the rolling hills of California wine country, hosting NASCAR and IndyCar events.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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