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		San Rafael is a lovely little town of about 120,000 people, and is quite charming with tree-lined streets and sidewalk cafes.
		San Rafael has a number of good hotels, banks, supermarkets, home supply centers, a national airport with flights from Buenos Aires and many shops and boutiques which offer items ranging from local crafts to fine jewelry and exquistely-crafted furniture.
		San Rafael is located in the Province of Mendoza near the border of Chile.
	www.byronlutz.com /sanrafael.htm (1663 words)

	Utah BLM San Rafael Route Designation Plan
		The San Rafael Swell is one of the best-exposed broad anticlinal flexures of Laramide-age (60 million years ago) that dot the Rocky Mountains of the western United States.
		The San Rafael Reef is a long, sawtooth-like, sandstone ridge that forms the eastern boundary of the San Rafael Swell.
		They are not related to any of the laccolithic mountains in the region (such as the Henry Mountains just south of the San Rafael Swell),but are likely associated with basaltic volcanic activity of the Fish Lake Plateau to the west of the Swell which occurred during the Quaternary period, approximately 2-5 million years ago.
	www.ut.blm.gov /sanrafaelohv/explore/geologic.htm (782 words)

	Viticulture
		The valley surrounds the Santa Ynez River and is defined by mountains to the north and south, by Lake Cachuma, the Los Padres National Forest to the east and by a series of low hills to the west.
		Similarly, the San Rafael Mountains separate the valley from the Santa Maria Valley.
		Approximately 1,500 acres of vineyards are planted in this region at elevations ranging from 200 feet near the Santa Ynez River to 1,500 feet in the foothills of the San Rafael Mountains.
	www.fessparker.com /viticulture.htm (423 words)

	Museum of the San Rafael - Castle Country
		The Museum of the San Rafael is a center of the community.
		Within the inner circles of the Museum of the San Rafael's Great Exhibit Hall are traces of a people who flourished in the San Rafael area, then vanished.
		A venture into the mountains and deserts of Emery County is bound to bring you into the world of nature, but few people are observant enough to see all that nature holds.
	www.castlecountry.com /what_to_do/san_rafael_museum.html (599 words)

	San Rafael Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most of the mountain range is within the Los Padres National Forest, and the northern slope is included in the remote San Rafael Wilderness area.
		The mountains are steep and rugged, and lower slopes are covered with almost impenetrable chaparral, except where it has been burned, an event which occurs naturally every ten or twenty years; decades of fire suppression, however, have resulted in some areas of brush which have not burned within the last century.
		The earliest known residents of the San Rafael Mountains were the Chumash Indians, and evidence of their habitation can still be found by intrepid hikers in the form of rock paintings in remote areas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Rafael_Mountains (444 words)

	San Rafael, Argentina
		ocated in the south of Mendoza Province, San Rafael City is 232 km away from the Capital City, settled near Atuel and Diamante Rivers and immersed in a landscape of mountains, valleys, sun and water which provides one with the ideal setting to live unforgettable experiences.
		San Rafael City is the place of departure to go on entertaining activities such as rafting, hiking, mountain bike rides, jet ski, wind surfing, kayak excursions, fishing, diving, horse-riding, motorcycling, four trax excursions, paragliding and rapel which can be enjoyed in an area of incredible natural beauty and rich in geological and paleontologic beds.
		The climate is mild during the whole year being the maximum registered temperature in Summer 33º C and the minimum temperature 15º C. Winter is colder registering temperatures that range from 1º C to 16º C. San Rafael City is in the heart of Mendoza Province and it is worth vising it.
	www.welcomeargentina.com /sanrafael/index_i.html (223 words)

	The Geology of the San Rafael Swell
		The San Rafael's cliffs, spires, and deep gorges are the result of a steep uplift of the rock layers in this area.
		As the Triassic Period (245 to 205 million years ago) began, the San Rafael area was on the edge of a giant flat mud-plain.
		The steep eastern slope of the uplifted area is exposed on the east flank of the San Rafael Swell, and is called the San Rafael Reef.
	www.utahmountainbiking.com /goodies/geology/sanrafael.htm (1076 words)

	Ecological Subregions of California: 261Bg
		The climate is hot and subhumid; it is modified by marine influence greatly on the Los Angeles Plain and moderately in the San Fernando Valley.
		The Verdugo Mountains and San Rafael Hills are geologically similar to the San Gabriel Mountains; they are mostly Pre-Cambrian gneiss and Mesozoic granitic rocks.
		Soils in the Verdugo Mountains and San Rafael Hills are shallow Typic Xerorthents, Lithic Haploxerolls, Typic and Calcixerollic Xerochrepts, and Typic Haploxeralfs.
	www.fs.fed.us /r5/projects/ecoregions/261bg.htm (548 words)

	Ecological Subregions of California: 261Ba
		It contains hills and dissected plains between Santa Ynez River and Santa Ynez fault on the south, the Santa Maria Valley on the north, and the San Rafael Mountains on the northeast.
		This subsection is on moderately steep to steep hills in Tertiary marine sediments and dissected plains on Pleistocene nonmarine sediments.
		Sand dunes are present all along the coast, both adjacent to the beach and across the edges of plains that are near the coast.
	www.fs.fed.us /r5/projects/ecoregions/261ba.htm (535 words)

	SB Nature--The Mountain Wall
		From the perspective of the city, however, the abruptness of the mountain wall as it rises nearly 4,000 feet to its crest at La Cumbre Peak, the spiny layerings of sandstone, the insipid coloring of the chaparral, combine to convey a sense of inhospitality and dullness.
		The small fuzzy leaves of the yerba santa and the purple, fl and white sages are predominantly gray in color, but in the springtime the delicate purple buds of the sages and their overwhelming aromas make the soft chaparral community a treat to be sampled again and again.
		Although the mountain wall does not have the immediate charm of the city’s Mission-style architecture nor the Mediterranean grace of palm-lined Cabrillo boulevard, it is the Santa Ynez Mountains, as much as the sea, that define the city’s character.
	www.sb-outdoors.org /Interpretive/NaturalHistory/wall.php (2492 words)

	Lower Los Angeles and San Gabriel River, HR 2534
		This area has a rich cultural heritage, which is evident by the approximately 9 properties within the boundaries of the study area on the National List of Historic Places and 96 properties on the state register of historic places.
		The Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watershed is adjacent to the Angeles National Forest and contains state, county and local parks within.
		Any study that is undertaken along the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers will involve extensive public meetings, extended comment periods and more complex analyses because issues and options in a large, urban area with such a diverse and extensive group of stakeholders at all levels of government would be considered.
	www.nps.gov /legal/testimony/107th/losanriv.htm (987 words)

	Santa Cruz Peak/San Rafael Mtn./McKinley Mtn./Eagle Rest Peak
		The fire trail drops down quite a way before climbing along the flanks of San Rafael Mountain to gain the ridgeline south to Santa Cruz Peak--the downhill was a bit demoralising, but some patches of flowers served to restore my spirits.
		This was an even shorter hike up than San Rafael Mtn., only some 400ft from the saddle, but I was starting to feel pretty tired by this point (and really damned thirsty, too).
		After only reaching the San Emigdio Creek trailhead pretty late the night before (the drive took longer than I'd expected), I was a bit later setting out Sunday morning, and it was 7am by the time I got going.
	sepwww.stanford.edu /.mh/hps_0404/index_web.html (2924 words)

	San Rafael Wilderness - USFS History - Forest History Society
		Forest Service Chief Robert Y. Stuart established the San Rafael Primitive Area within the Los Padres National Forest of California, in 1932.
		After passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act, the San Rafael became the first primitive area to be reclassified as wilderness.
		STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ORVILLE L. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to speak in support of S. The bill would designate the San Rafael Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest, as the first addition to the National Wilderness Preservation System, since it was created by the Wilderness Act of 1964.
	www.foresthistory.org /Research/usfscoll/places/San_Rafael_Wildns.html (761 words)

	Southern California Areal Mapping Project home
		Converging on the San Andreas fault in this area are various east-west-oriented high-angle and low-angle faults of the western Transverse Ranges province, including possible blind thrusts akin to those that triggered the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
		To the west, the Cuyama Valley and adjacent mountains of the Coast Ranges are a geologically complex region where long-lived marine and nonmarine deposition and subsequent contractional deformation have created a setting for some of California's best-producing oil fields.
		Our work in the San Guillermo Mountain quadrangle, for example, has shown that the eastern part of the Big Pine fault is not a continuous, left-lateral strike-slip fault that intersects the San Andreas fault as previously thought.
	wrgis.wr.usgs.gov /docs/wgmt/scamp/html/sc_cuy.html (1321 words)

	San Rafael - Corazón de Mendoza - Argentina
		San Rafael is one of the few regions of the country that has the pride to own what the experts call D.O.C. (Controlled Denomination of Origin).
		San Rafael has a great number of cellars.
		In the last years San Rafael has also become a great producer of cider and champagne.
	www.sanrafael-tour.com /nbodegas_us.shtml (163 words)

	San Rafael Estates
		The coffee estates of San Rafael are located in the northern mountains of Nicaragua, within the Department of Jinotega.
		Nicaraguan coffee is well known in the most demanding markets of Germany, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, France, Spain, Japan and recently, at an increasing pace, within the United States.
		San Rafael coffee provides a very clean and well-balanced cup, combining a mild, not too acidic and good-bodied taste with an exotic aroma.
	www.sanrafaelestates.com /index.html (88 words)

	Mission Santa Inés - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The first, Mission San Diego, was founded in 1769 by Father Junipero Serra, followed by the establishment of other Missions along the coast of California.
		Heavy pine timbers brought from the San Rafael Mountains supported its ceiling and re-tiled roof The ceiling height was lowered on the residence of the friars, and the flat roof was replaced with a gabled roof covered with tiles.
		He was baptized as a Catholic at Mission San Buenaventura and later married Guadalupe Ortega (of the Ortega Ranch) at Mission Santa Inés.
	www.missionsantaines.org /history.html (4272 words)

	GORP - San Rafael Wilderness, California
		The 217,000 acre San Rafael Wilderness is located in the San Rafael and Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges in southeastern Santa Barbara County.
		The San Rafael was established as a primitive area by the Chief of the Forest Service on January 19, 1932 and then contained 79,000 acres.
		On March 21, 1968, the San Rafael became the first primitive area in the Nation, reclassified as wilderness under the Wilderness Act of 1964.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/ca_san_r.htm (178 words)

	The San Rafael Swell, Utah
		East of the Fishlake Mountains, I-70 cuts across one of the emptiest and least developed regions of Utah - a wide plateau crossed by two entrenched river systems and surrounded by a ring of upturned strata.
		This is the San Rafael Swell - arid, little vegetated yet often very scenic, with mesas, cliffs, buttes, springs and especially canyons; these are sometimes wide with stepped sides but often narrow and slot-like.
		Herds of wild horses and burros roam the plains, and bighorn sheep may sometimes be spotted in the canyons.
	www.americansouthwest.net /utah/san_rafael_swell (433 words)

	San Rafael - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Rafael Obrajuelo (La Paz Department, El Salvador)
		San Rafael Las Flores (Santa Rosa Department, El Salvador)
		San Rafael Pie de La Cuesta (San Marcos department)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Rafael (121 words)

	Greenmap of the Verdugo Mountains and San Rafael Hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Greenmap of the Verdugo Mountains and San Rafael Hills
		Our vision for the future land-use in the Verdugo Mountains and San Rafael Hills is that all the undeveloped land should become parkland.
		A similar project, with a larger scope, was undertaken in the 1970's by the local chapter of Small Wilderness Area Preservation (SWAP), resulting in a document entitled Verdugo-San Rafael Urban Mountain Park (4Mb.pdf file).
	www.verdugos.org /greenmap/index.html (262 words)

	Stevenson, lower Los Angeles River, San Gabriel watershed, 2534, H. R. 2534
		Since a study of the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers is estimated to cost approximately $500,000, there could be considerable efficiencies gained by combining and narrowing the focus of these two proposed studies.
		This latter corridor consists of portions of the Santa Monica Mountains, Santa Susanna Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains, Verdugo Mountains, San Rafael Hills and the connector to Los Padres and San Bernardino National Forests.
		The San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC) was established as an independent State agency within the Resources Agency of the State of California in 1999.
	www.doi.gov /ocl/2002/hr2534.htm (922 words)

	Hike Categories · Santa Barbara Hikes
		The front country is the south-facing slope of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
		San Rafael Wilderness hikes are trails located in or near the San Rafael Wilderness area.
		This area is near Figueroa Mountain, to the north and east.
	www.santabarbarahikes.com /hikes/index.shtml (381 words)

	Mexico Beach Real Estate Playa San Rafael
		Playa San Rafael is a 64-acre master-planned community containing 330 residential lots that builds on our success with Playa De Oro.
		Playa San Rafael is a secure, gated community offering 24-hour security and private beach access to ensure that Playa San Rafael remains a relaxing sanctuary for our residents.
		Due to the natural, sloping landscape at Playa San Rafael, all properties have prime ocean views of the Sea of Cortez and the surrounding mountains.
	www.mexico-real-estate.us /PlayaSanRafael.htm (371 words)

	Santa Maria Valley, Santa Ynez Valley, Sta Rita Hills and Los Alamos Valley
		Because of this geologic oddity, the ocean breezes sweep eastward, channeled by the hills and mountains that ring the region.
		Heading east into the foothills, the temperatures are warm during the day and very cool during the night, whereas the vineyards that lie westward toward the ocean enjoy a mild and moderate climate.
		The Santa Maria Valley appellation is bounded by the San Rafael Mountains and the Los Padres National Forest to the east, and by the Solomon Hills and the city of Santa Maria to the west.
	www.sbcountywines.com /SBC/appellations.html (977 words)

	San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau - Beyond San Francisco
		Ferries from San Francisco make frequent crossings to Sausalito, as well as the nearby towns of Tiburon and Larkspur.
		San Rafael, Marin's largest city, is 17 miles from San Francisco.
		Yosemite National Park in the heart of Mariposa County just four hours southeast of San Francisco is an all season center for recreation and getaways.
	www.sfvisitor.org /visitorinfo/html/BeyondSanFrancisco.html (678 words)

	Article from Santa Barbara News Press
		We scan the San Rafael Mountains due north, which include Figueroa Mountain, Ranger Peak and San Rafael Mountain, and the San Ynez Mountains to the south.
		Both the mountain ranges are rising rapidly, he explains, but the San Rafael Mountains are rising more rapidly.
		As we finish out the day at Sedgwick with a drive up Figueroa Mountain, Reynolds says the art community was instrumental in raising the public's awareness of Sedgwick.
	nrs.ucop.edu /Reserves/sedgwick/SBNewsPress6_98.html (1358 words)

	Senate Approves Feinstein/Schiff Bill to Study Expanding Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to Include ...
		However, there are hundreds of acres of land in the Los Angeles basin, known as the 'Rim of the Valley Corridor', which may deserve protection as well.
		This corridor consists of parts of the Santa Monica Mountains, Santa Susanna Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains, Verdugo Mountains, San Rafael Hills, Arroyo Seco, and connector areas to the Los Padres and San Bernardino National Forests.
		It has also been endorsed by various environmental organizations, including the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Altadena Foothills Conservancy, the California Wilderness Coalition, Scenic America, and the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club, as well as the cities of La Canada Flintridge, Glendale, Pasadena, and South Pasadena.
	www.senate.gov /~feinstein/03Releases/r-rimsenate.htm (360 words)

	SantaBarbaraTrailGuide.com - Fauna
		The more striking Mountain King Snake looks poisonous with its red fl and white stripes but it is not.
		They have an interesting habit of hopping away from danger jumping up to eight feet at a time often straight up steep slopes.
		This little mouse was on San Ysidro trail and was injured.
	www.santabarbaratrailguide.com /fauna01.shtml (1093 words)

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