Welcome to San Rafael ...

San Rafael is located in Pima County<1>.

The location of San Rafael has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

San Rafael is 2,170 feet [661 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of San Rafael is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: San Rafael lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

The telephone area code for San Rafael: (520)

Communities Also Named San Rafael ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named San Rafael - they are located in California, Colorado and New Mexico (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for San Rafael.

Communities near San Rafael ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near San Rafael.

• Cowlic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlic
  • Cowlic is located in Pima County
• Vamori
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vamori
  • Vamori is located in Pima County
• Gu Oidak
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gu Oidak
  • Gu Oidak is located in Pima County
• Topawa
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topawa
  • Topawa is located in Pima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Topawa <4>
• Sells
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sells
  • Sells is located in Pima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sells <4>
• South Komelik
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Komelik
  • South Komelik is located in Pima County
• Choulic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choulic
  • Choulic is located in Pima County
• San Miguel
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
  • San Miguel is located in Pima County
• Ali Chukson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ali Chukson
  • Ali Chukson is located in Pima County
• Ali Molina
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ali Molina
  • Ali Molina is located in Pima County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around San Rafael. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Rafael.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Rafael. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Rafael.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around San Rafael. See our Newspapers Page for San Rafael.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Rafael ...

Looking for more information about San Rafael? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to San Rafael, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for San Rafael.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for San Rafael. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Pima County: www.co.pima.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/