City in California, United States
San Rafael
San Rafael is a city in and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States.
The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 census, San Rafael had a population of 61,271.
How locals move
Getting around San Rafael the local way
- Get inFerries run from the ferry terminal in Union Square-Financial District, downtown San Francisco.
- Get inWith hourly departures, every 30 minutes during rush hours, ferries are a convenient way of reaching San Rafael.
- Get inSonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART, has two stations in San Rafael, connecting it with Novato, Larkspur (with connections to the Golden Gate Ferry to San Francisco), and places in Sonoma County: Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, and Sonoma County Airport.
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