The card's been signed and the cake is all gone. It's been a good run, but MapQuest Open Street Map site has been retired. We apologize for any inconvenience. But don't worry! If you're using a map generated from this site on your website, please visit our Developer blog for information on how to transition your map to our updated tiles.
The Bay Area (more fully, the San Francisco Bay Area), ringing the San Francisco Bay in northern California, is a geographically diverse and extensive metropolitan region that is home to over 7 million inhabitants in cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.
San Jose, the largest city in the Silicon Valley area, is the tenth most populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the Bay Area. San Jose is the oldest city in California and was its first capital.The city prides itself on being an environmentally conscious city.he region north of the Golden Gate Bridge is known locally as the North Bay. This area encompasses Marin County, Sonoma County, Napa County and extends eastward into Solano County. The city of Fairfield, being part of Solano County, is often considered the easternmost city of the North Bay.