Black Canyon
Black Canyon is a valley in Marin County, California and has an elevation of 128 feet. Black Canyon is situated nearby to the hamlet Cerro, as well as near Santa Venetia.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mission San Rafael Arcangel and San Rafael Transit Center.
Mission San Rafael Arcangel
Church
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mission San Rafael Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Rafael, California. The original mission was founded in 1817 as an asistencia of Mission San Francisco de Asís to serve as a hospital to treat sick and injured indigenous people, making it Alta California's first sanitarium.
San Rafael Transit Center
Bus station
Photo: Sapphic, Public domain.
The San Rafael Transportation Center is an intermodal transportation center located in downtown San Rafael, California. It is the primary transfer point for Marin Transit and regional bus operators, and a commuter rail station on the Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit system.
The Marin School
School
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
The Marin School was a private high school located in San Rafael, California. The school was named after Marin County in which it is located. The school closed permanently at the end of 2022-23 school year, citing a drop in enrollment.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Rafael and Santa Venetia.
San Rafael
Photo: Xyrrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historically home to one of California's original Spanish missions, San Rafael is now a mid-sized Bay Area commuter town with beautiful hills, peaceful nature, interesting architecture, and a bustling downtown area centered around 4th Street.
Santa Venetia
Hamlet
Photo: Kpapai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Venetia is a census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States. It is located 1.5 miles north of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 56 feet. The population was 4,289 at the 2020 census.
Los Ranchitos
Hamlet
Los Ranchitos is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 66 feet. Los Ranchitos was developed in 1949 into lots of at least one acre in size, with most averaging 1-2 acres. Los Ranchitos is situated 1½ miles west of Black Canyon.
Black Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 128 feet
- Description: valley in Marin County, California, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Black Canyon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“Black Canyon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, California, Marin County)”
- Cebuano: “Black Canyon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dominican University of California and Mountain Park.
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