San Rafael Bay
San Rafael Bay is an embayment of San Pablo Bay, located in Marin County and the northern San Francisco Bay Area, California.Places of Interest
Highlights include San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and East Brother Lighthouse.
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Prison
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San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County. San Quentin Rehabilitation Center is situated 2 miles south of San Rafael Bay.
East Brother Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Brother Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on East Brother Island in San Rafael Bay, near the tip of Point San Pablo in Richmond, California. East Brother Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles east of San Rafael Bay.
Larkspur station
Railway station
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Larkspur station is a Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit station in Larkspur, California. The terminal station opened to revenue service on December 14, 2019. It is located 1⁄3 mile from the Larkspur Landing ferry terminal, across Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. Larkspur station is situated 2 miles southwest of San Rafael Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McNears Beach and Greenbrae.
McNears Beach
Hamlet
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McNears Beach was the site of a fashionable beach resort established in the 1880s on San Pablo Bay in Marin County, California. It was located 0.5 miles north-northwest of Point San Pedro, and 3.4 miles northeast of San Rafael. McNears Beach is situated 2½ miles northeast of San Rafael Bay.
Greenbrae
Hamlet
Greenbrae is a small unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located 1.5 miles south-southeast of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 33 feet, and adjacent to U.S. Route 101 at the opening of the Ross Valley. Greenbrae is situated 3 miles west of San Rafael Bay.
San Rafael
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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.
San Rafael Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in California, United States
- Category: body of water
- Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Slovenian—“San Rafael Bay” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “সান রাফায়েল উপসাগর”
- Cebuano: “San Rafael Bay (luuk sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “San Rafael Bay”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ סן רפאל”
- Slovenian: “San Rafael Bay”
- Slovenian: “sanrafaelski zaliv”
- “San Rafael Bay”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Quentin and Point San Pedro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Marin Island and East Marin Island.
Marin County: Must-Visit Destinations
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