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Originally it was the San Rafael Primitive Area. Due to a disagreement between the Forest Service, US Congress and conservationists over 2,200 acres (8.9 km 2 ) of natural grass openings called portreros , which contained pictographs from the Chumash Indians, it took a long time for the wilderness designation. [ 7 ]
Big Pine, Reyes, and Pinos peaks area, aerial view. Big Pine Mountain is a mountain located in the San Rafael Mountains of the California Transverse Ranges.High enough to receive snowfall during the winter, [4] the summit, at 6,803+ feet (2,074+ m), is the highest point in the San Rafael Mountains, the Dick Smith Wilderness, and Santa Barbara County. [1]
Most of the mountain range is within the Los Padres National Forest, and the northern slopes are included in the remote San Rafael Wilderness area.. The highest peaks include Big Pine Mountain (6,820 ft; 2,080 m), [2] San Rafael Mountain (6,593 ft; 2,010 m) [3] and McKinley Mountain (6,220 ft; 1,900 m), [4] none of which are easily accessible except by foot or horse.
The mouth of San Rafael Creek is a channelized estuary through an industrial area. San Rafael Creek has a designation under Federal Law Section 303(d) as impaired by diazinon, the principal pollutant causing impairment designations for streams discharging to San Pablo Bay, which is the northern arm of San Francisco Bay. [3]
San Rafael, a small city situated in Marin County, is known for its affluent suburban/urban environment. Despite the median income for a family in San Rafael reaching an estimated amount of $97,009 [32] according to the 2016-2020 US Census report, different regions of San Rafael remain below the poverty line of 11.4%.
The forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.
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Ross is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west-southwest of San Rafael, [6] at an elevation of 36 feet (11 m). [1] The population was 2,338 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ] The town is bordered by San Rafael to the east, Kentfield to the south, San Anselmo to the north, and the Mount Tamalpais protected watershed to the west.