Fairfax

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Fairfax is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. Fairfax is located 3.25 miles west-northwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 115 feet. The population was 7,441 at the 2010 census. ()

Alternative names: Population: 7.6 thous.Area: 2.2 mi²Coordinates: 37°59'13"N, 122°35'20"W

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Fairfax – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Tamalpais, Northgate Mall, Mission San Rafael Arcángel, Dixie Schoolhouse.

4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Tamalpais, Mill Valley
104 min walk • Mount Tamalpais, often affectionately known as Mount Tam, is a prominent peak located in the city of Mill Valley, California. This majestic mountain is a part of the Northern California Coast Ranges and rises to an elevation of 2,571 feet (784 meters), offering...
2.8 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Northgate Mall, San Rafael
71 min walk • Northgate Mall is a shopping mall located in the Terra Linda neighborhood of San Rafael, California, 15 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. It's the largest of three shopping centers in San Rafael called Northgate. It was managed by The Macerich Company until 2017 and is now managed by Merlone Geier Partners.
3.4 miE
Church gift shop selling religious wares
Mission San Rafael Arcángel, San Rafael
88 min walk • Mission San Rafael Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Rafael, California. It was founded in 1817 as a medical asistencia of Mission San Francisco de Asís. It was a hospital to treat sick Native Americans, making it Alta California's first sanitarium. The weather was much...
3.7 miNE
Museum
Dixie Schoolhouse, San Rafael
96 min walk • The Dixie Schoolhouse is a historic one-room schoolhouse located in San Rafael, Marin County, Northern California. It was built in 1864, in the Victorian Italianate style.
3.5 miE
Cinema, Nightlife
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael
91 min walk • The California Film Institute is a non-profit film exhibition organization based in San Rafael, California.
3.9 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Marin Shakespeare Company, San Rafael
100 min walk • The Marin Shakespeare Company was established in 1989 at Dominican College’s Forest Meadows Amphitheatre in San Rafael, California, by Lesley Schisgall Currier and Robert Currier.
3.3 miE
Civic center
Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael
84 min walk • The Marin County Civic Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is located in San Rafael, California, United States. Groundbreaking for the Civic Center Administration Building took place in 1960, after Wright's death and under the watch of Wright's protégé, Aaron Green; it was completed in 1962.
3.1 miE
37°58'32"N • 122°31'59"W
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael
81 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Art museum
4.2 miSE
37°57'29"N • 122°31'16"W
Bret Harte Community Association, San Rafael
108 min walk • Park
1.9 miE
Cemetery
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael
49 min walk • Mount Tamalpais Cemetery is located in San Rafael, California.
3.4 miNE
Synagogue
Rodef Sholom, San Rafael
87 min walk • Congregation Rodef Sholom, founded in 1956, is a Reform Jewish Congregation located on the Lonee C. Hoytt Jewish Campus in San Rafael, California. Prior to its establishment, Shabbat services were held at the Marin Jewish Community Center, established in 1946 at Mission and Forbes Street.