San Rafael
San Rafael is the largest city in Marin County, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Historically home to one of the original Spanish missions, San Rafael is now a mid-sized commuter town with beautiful hills, peaceful nature, interesting architecture, and a bustling downtown area centered around 4th Street.Photo: Xyrrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Xyrrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: City with 58,700 residents
- Description: city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States of America
- Postal codes: 94901, 94903, 94912, 94913 and 94915
Notable Places in the Area
Marin County Civic Center
Photo: Fizbin, Public domain.
The Marin County Civic Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is located in San Rafael, California, United States.
Mission San Rafael Arcangel
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mission San Rafael Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Rafael, California.
San Rafael Transit Center
Photo: Sapphic, Public domain.
The San Rafael Transportation Center is an intermodal transportation center located in downtown San Rafael, California.
Localities in the Area
Fairfax
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fairfax is a cute little town nestled in the hills of Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Larkspur and Corte Madera
Photo: Brylie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The "twin cities" of Larkspur and Corte Madera are a pair of towns in Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
San Rafael
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, charter city and locality
- Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.9748° or 37° 58' 29" northLongitude
-122.5317° or 122° 31' 54" westPopulation
58,700Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)IATA airport code
SRFUnited Nations Location Code
US SRFOpen Location Code
849VXFF9+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 150964497OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
5392567Wikidata ID
Q631915San Rafael Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: San Rafael, California
- Arabic: سان رافاييل
- Arabic: سان رافاييل، كاليفورنيا
- Armenian: Սան Ռաֆայել
- Armenian: Սան Ռաֆել
- Azerbaijani: San-Rafel
- Basque: San Rafael (Kalifornia)
- Basque: San Rafael
- Belarusian: Сан-Рафел
- Bulgarian: Сан Рафаел
- Catalan: San Rafael
- Cebuano: San Rafael
- Chechen: Сан-Рафаель (Калифорни)
- Chechen: Сан-Рафаель
- Chinese: San Rafael
- Chinese: 圣拉菲尔 (加利福尼亚州)
- Chinese: 圣拉菲尔
- Chinese: 聖拉斐
- Croatian: San Rafael (Kalifornija)
- Croatian: San Rafael
- Czech: San Rafael
- Dagbani: San Rafael
- Danish: San Rafael
- Dutch: San Rafael
- Egyptian Arabic: سان رافائيل, كاليفورنيا
- Egyptian Arabic: سان رافاييل
- English: San Rafael, CA
- English: San Rafael, California
- Esperanto: San Rafael
- Esperanto: Sankta Rafaelo
- Estonian: San Rafael
- Finnish: San Rafael, Kalifornia
- Finnish: San Rafael
- French: San Rafael
- German: San Rafael
- Haitian: San Rafael, Kalifòni
- Hebrew: סן רפאל
- Hungarian: San Rafael
- Iloko: San Rafael
- Irish: San Rafael
- Italian: San Rafael
- Japanese: サンラフェル
- Korean: 산라파엘
- Ladin: San Rafael (California)
- Ladin: San Rafael
- Lao: San Rafael, California
- Low German: San Rafael
- Malagasy: San Rafael, Kalifornia
- Malayalam: സാൻ റഫായെൽ
- Min Nan Chinese: San Rafael
- Nepali: स्यान राफेल, क्यालिफोर्निया
- Newari: स्यान राफेल, क्यालिफोर्निया
- Newari: स्यान राफेल
- Norwegian: San Rafael
- Norwegian Bokmål: San Rafael
- Pampanga: San Rafael, California
- Persian: سان رافائل، کالیفرنیا
- Persian: سن رافائل، کالیفرنیا
- Polish: San Rafael
- Portuguese: São Rafael
- Russian: Сан-Рафел
- Scottish Gaelic: San Rafael
- Serbian: Сан Рафел
- Serbo-Croatian: San Rafael, California
- Serbo-Croatian: San Rafael
- Silesian: San Rafael
- Slovak: San Rafael
- Slovenian: San Rafael, Kalifornija
- South Azerbaijani: سان رافائل، کالیفورنیا
- Spanish: San Rafael
- Spanish: San Rafael (California)
- Swedish: San Rafael, Kalifornien
- Tagalog: San Rafael, California
- Tagalog: San Rafael
- Tatar: Сан-Рафаель (Калифорния)
- Tatar: Сан-Рафаель
- Turkish: San Rafael, Kaliforniya
- Turkish: San Rafael
- Ukrainian: Сан-Рафаель
- Urdu: سان رافیل، کیلیفورنیا
- Uzbek: San Rafael
- Volapük: San Rafael
- Waray (Philippines): San Rafael
- Welsh: San Rafael
- 샌러펠
Other Places Named San Rafael
In the Area
- RossTown
- Santa VenetiaHamlet
- GreenbraeHamlet
- KentfieldHamlet
- Terra LindaHamlet
- SkylarkHamlet
Popular Destinations in Marin County
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