Marin County Real Estate, Culture and Community News

Marin County Real Estate, Culture and Community News

San Rafael

San Rafeal is a centrally located town situated between Greenbrae and Novato. A beautiful downtown offers lots of shops, cafes and restuaruants. Looking for a burger head on over to Barney’s Burgers, looking for music instruments then you’ve gotta check out Bananas At Large. You can easily find multi million dollar homes up in the San Rafael Hills and in the flat lands near Girstle Park. Did you know that what is now San Rafael was once the site of several Coast Miwok villages?

San Rafael for last decade or two has been best known for Lucas Film after the arrival of George Lucas in in 1970. The community is diverse, has an international presense and has harbors the famous Dominican University and McGinnis Golf Course and Peacock Gap Golf Course.

 The City of San Rafael has 30 distinct neighborhoods:

  • Bay Islands
  • Bayside Acres
  • Bret Harte
  • California Park
  • Canal
  • Canal Waterfront
  • Central San Rafael
  • China Camp
  • Civic Center
  • Country Club
  • Dominican/Black Canyon
  • Fair Hills
  • Francisco Boulevard West
  • Gerstle Park
  • Glenwood
  • Lincoln/San Rafael Hill
  • Loch Lomond
  • Lucas Valley
  • Marinwood
  • Mont Marin/San Rafael Park
  • Montecito/Happy Valley
  • North San Rafael Commercial Center
  • Peacock Gap
  • Picnic Valley
  • Rafael Meadows/Los Ranchitos
  • Santa Venetia
  • Smith Ranch
  • Sun Valley
  • Terra Linda
  • West End

 

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