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Fresno

Fresno is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States.

Fresno
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The place

Fresno is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region, as well as the most populated city in Central California. It covers about 114.7 square miles (297 km2) and had a population of 542,107 as of the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most populous city in California, the most populous inland city in California, and the 33rd-most populous city in the nation.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Fresno

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    California State University, Fresno

    California State University, Fresno is a public university in Fresno, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system.

    7.2 km · public university in Fresno, California, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Diocese of Fresno

    The Diocese of Fresno is a diocese of the Latin Church in the Central Valley of California in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

    500 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Chukchansi Park

    Chukchansi Park, formerly known as Grizzlies Stadium, is a city-owned baseball stadium located in Fresno, California, United States, completed in 2002 as the home for Minor League Baseball's Fresno Grizzlies. The first game was May 1, 2002.

    2.9 km · baseball stadium in Fresno, California; home of the Fresno Grizzlies · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Fresno Pacific University

    Fresno Pacific University is a private Christian university in Fresno, California, United States. It was founded as the Pacific Bible Institute in 1944 by the Pacific District Conference of U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.

    3.9 km · American private university · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Holy Trinity Church, Fresno

    Holy Trinity Church is an Armenian Apostolic church in Fresno, California. Completed in 1914, it is one of the earliest Armenian churches in America and the first to incorporate traditional Armenian architecture.

    2.5 km · church building in Fresno, United States of America · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St. John Cathedral

    Saint John the Baptist Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno on Mariposa Street in Fresno, California. Erected in 1882, St.

    1.8 km · cathedral of the diocese of Fresno · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Save Mart Center

    Save Mart Center at Fresno State is a multi-purpose arena, on the campus of California State University, Fresno, located in Fresno, California. An open house was held for the community on November 5, 2003, with the official ribbon cutting following on November 27, 2003.

    7.1 km · arena in California, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery

    The Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery, commonly known as the Ararat Cemetery, is an Armenian cemetery in Fresno, California, United States. Established in 1885, the cemetery is the burial place of many prominent figures of Armenian-American history, including Soghomon Tehlirian, Victor Maghakian, and William Saroyan.

    6.1 km · Armenian cemetery in Fresno, California, USA · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Fresno Chaffee Zoo

    The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is a zoo in Roeding Park in Fresno, California covering 39 acres and housing over 190 species. Its attractions include Stingray Bay, Dino Dig, Valley Farm, Sea Lion Cove, African Adventure, and Ross Laird's Winged Wonders Bird Show.

    4.9 km · zoo in California, United States · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Valley Children's Stadium

    Valley Children's Stadium, also known as Jim Sweeney Field at Bulldog Stadium, is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of California State University, Fresno, in Fresno, California. It is the home field of the Fresno State Bulldogs, who play in the Pac-12 Conference.

    7.2 km · outdoor football stadium in Fresno, California, USA · Wikipedia

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Getting to Fresno

Airports
Fresno Yosemite (FAT), 5 km · Mineta San Jose (SJC), 204 km · Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK), 243 km
Stations
Fresno Yosemite International Airport, 4.8 km · Fresno Chandler Executive Airport, 5.2 km · Fresno station, 1.9 km · Southern Pacific Depot, 3 km
  • San Jose → Fresno
    4660 km · quickest by air, 12h 38m · $760–1,170
  • Oakland → Fresno
    250 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · $23–31
  • San Francisco → Fresno
    261 km · quickest by road, 4h 36m · $24–33
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fresno

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fresno. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,287 km
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  3. 03
    NanaimoCA

    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

    1,421 km
  4. 04
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    1,439 km
  5. 05
    Courtenay, Comox and the Comox ValleyCA

    10 ways of moving, 14 sources

    1,498 km

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