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Mission San Rafael Arcangel

Mission San Rafael Arcángel is a Spanish mission in . The original mission was founded in 1817 as an asistencia of to serve as a hospital to treat sick and injured indigenous people, making it Alta California's first sanitarium.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: Spanish mission located in San Rafael, California
  • Also known as: “Mission San Rafael” and “Mission San Rafael Arcángel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Rafael Transit Center and Albert Park, San Rafael.

Bus station
Photo: Sapphic, Public domain.
The San Rafael Transportation Center is an intermodal transportation center located in downtown . 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. is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Mission San Rafael Arcangel.

Pitch
Albert Park is a baseball field that is now home to the San Rafael Pacifics. The Pacifics are a member of the Pecos League, an independent professional baseball league not affiliated with Major League Baseball. is situated 2,100 feet south of Mission San Rafael Arcangel.

Public building
Photo: Fizbin, Public domain.
The , designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is located in , the county seat of , , United States. is situated 1½ miles north of Mission San Rafael Arcangel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Rafael and Los Ranchitos.

Photo: Xyrrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historically home to one of 's original Spanish missions, 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.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It lies at an elevation of 66 feet. was developed in 1949 into lots of at least one acre in size, with most averaging 1-2 acres.

Village
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San Anselmo is in in the Bay Area of . It's bordered on the east side by , and the west side by . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mission San Rafael Arcangel.

Mission San Rafael Arcangel

Latitude
37.97468° or 37° 58′ 29″ north
Longitude
-122.52796° or 122° 31′ 41″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
849VXFFC+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358838550
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
5373735
Wiki­data ID
Q728990
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Mission San Rafael Arcangel” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mission San Rafael Arcangel”. Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.